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COVID-19 vaccination in the Federal Bureau of Prisons, December 2020-April 2021.

Liesl M Hagan, Charles Dusseau, Michael Crockett, Tami Rodriguez, Michael J Long

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Article in Vaccine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Liesl M HaganCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of Viral Hepatitis, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30333, United States; Federal Bureau of Prisons, Health Services Division, 320 First Street NW, Washington, DC 20534, United States. Electronic address: vqf8@cdc.gov.
Charles DusseauFederal Bureau of Prisons, Health Services Division, 320 First Street NW, Washington, DC 20534, United States; Commissioned Corps of the United States Public Health Service, 1101 Wootton Pkwy, Plaza level, Rockville, MD 20852, United States. Electronic address: cdusseau@bop.gov.
Michael CrockettFederal Bureau of Prisons, Health Services Division, 320 First Street NW, Washington, DC 20534, United States; Commissioned Corps of the United States Public Health Service, 1101 Wootton Pkwy, Plaza level, Rockville, MD 20852, United States. Electronic address: mcrockett@bop.gov.
Tami RodriguezFederal Bureau of Prisons, Health Services Division, 320 First Street NW, Washington, DC 20534, United States; Commissioned Corps of the United States Public Health Service, 1101 Wootton Pkwy, Plaza level, Rockville, MD 20852, United States. Electronic address: t1rodriguez@bop.gov.
Michael J LongFederal Bureau of Prisons, Health Services Division, 320 First Street NW, Washington, DC 20534, United States; Commissioned Corps of the United States Public Health Service, 1101 Wootton Pkwy, Plaza level, Rockville, MD 20852, United States. Electronic address: mzlong@bop.gov.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo describe COVID-19 vaccine distribution operations in United States Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) institutions and offices from December 16, 2020-April 14, 2021, report vaccination coverage among staff and incarcerated people, and identify factors associated with vaccination acceptance among incarcerated people.

methodsThe BOP COVID-19 vaccination plan and implementation timeline are described. Descriptive statistics and vaccination coverage were calculated for the BOP incarcerated population using data from the BOP electronic medical record. Coverage among staff was calculated using data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Vaccination Administration Management System. Vaccination coverage in the BOP versus the overall United States adult population was compared by state/territory. Univariate and multivariable logistic regression models were developed to identify demographic, health-related, and institution-level factors associated with vaccination acceptance among incarcerated people, using hierarchical linear modeling to account for institution-level clustering.

resultsBy April 14, 2021, BOP had offered COVID-19 vaccination to 37,870 (100%) staff and 88,173/126,413 (69.8%) incarcerated people, with acceptance rates of 50.2% and 64.2%, respectively. At the time of analysis, vaccination coverage in BOP was comparable to coverage in the overall adult population in the states and territories where BOP institutions and offices are located. Among incarcerated people, factors associated with lower vaccination acceptance included younger age, female sex, non-Hispanic Black and Asian race/ethnicity, and having few underlying medical conditions; factors associated with higher acceptance included having a prior SARS-CoV-2 infection, being born outside the United States, and being assigned to a Federal Detention Center.

conclusionsEarly COVID-19 vaccination efforts in BOP have achieved levels of coverage similar to the general population. To build on this initial success, BOP can consider strategies including re-offering vaccination to people who initially refused and tailoring communication strategies to groups with lower acceptance rates.

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COVID-19COVID-19 VaccinesAdultFemaleHumansPrisonsSARS-CoV-2United StatesVaccinationCOVID-19 VaccinesCOVID-19 vaccineFederal Bureau of PrisonsSARS-CoV-2

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PMID34465473
PMCPMC8363472

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