Perceptions of vaccine safety and hesitancy among incarcerated adults and correctional staff in the rural midwest
Objectives: This project assessed vaccine hesitancy among staff and incarcerated adults in one rural medium-security prison in the Midwestern United States and identified differences in hesitancy across sociodemographic and work-related variables. Methods: 610 prison staff and people incarcerated co...
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| author | Kelli E. Canada Ashley Givens Beth M. Huebner Janet Garcia-Hallett Elizabeth Taylor Victoria Inzana Daniel Edwards, Jr. Clark M. Peters Dana Plunkett Cafourek |
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| description | Objectives: This project assessed vaccine hesitancy among staff and incarcerated adults in one rural medium-security prison in the Midwestern United States and identified differences in hesitancy across sociodemographic and work-related variables. Methods: 610 prison staff and people incarcerated completed a cross-sectional survey in May 2021. The vaccine hesitancy scale (VHS) identified perceived risk and confidence in vaccination. A single item assessed whether people typically follow public health protocols in the prison. A combination of analyses was utilized, including ANOVA, Chi-Square, and Pearson’s correlation. Results: Vaccine hesitancy was moderate to high for both populations. Incarcerated people had more confidence in vaccination than staff; differences did not reach statistical significance. Incarcerated people had statistically significantly higher perceptions of risk compared to staff. Both populations reported doing their best to follow public health protocols. For both populations, vaccine hesitancy varied by education and veteran status. Among staff, hesitancy varied by gender and political beliefs. For people incarcerated, it varied by pre-incarceration income and visit frequency. Conclusions: Results support the need for public health policy and procedural interventions to reduce hesitancy towards vaccination in correctional settings. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8f4a936488664b7d822c6db250fea44a2023-04-03T05:23:42ZengElsevierVaccine: X2590-13622023-04-0113100270Perceptions of vaccine safety and hesitancy among incarcerated adults and correctional staff in the rural midwestKelli E. Canada0Ashley Givens1Beth M. Huebner2Janet Garcia-Hallett3Elizabeth Taylor4Victoria Inzana5Daniel Edwards, Jr.6Clark M. Peters7Dana Plunkett Cafourek8University of Missouri, School of Social Work, Columbia, MO, United States; Corresponding author.University of Missouri, School of Social Work, Columbia, MO, United StatesArizona State University, School of Criminology & Criminal Justice, Phoenix, AZ, United StatesUniversity of New Haven, Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice & Forensic Sciences, West Haven, CT, United StatesUniversity of Missouri, School of Social Work, Columbia, MO, United StatesUniversity of Missouri - St. Louis, United StatesMissouri Department of Corrections, Jefferson City, MO, United StatesUniversity of Missouri, School of Social Work, Columbia, MO, United StatesMissouri Department of Corrections, Jefferson City, MO, United StatesObjectives: This project assessed vaccine hesitancy among staff and incarcerated adults in one rural medium-security prison in the Midwestern United States and identified differences in hesitancy across sociodemographic and work-related variables. Methods: 610 prison staff and people incarcerated completed a cross-sectional survey in May 2021. The vaccine hesitancy scale (VHS) identified perceived risk and confidence in vaccination. A single item assessed whether people typically follow public health protocols in the prison. A combination of analyses was utilized, including ANOVA, Chi-Square, and Pearson’s correlation. Results: Vaccine hesitancy was moderate to high for both populations. Incarcerated people had more confidence in vaccination than staff; differences did not reach statistical significance. Incarcerated people had statistically significantly higher perceptions of risk compared to staff. Both populations reported doing their best to follow public health protocols. For both populations, vaccine hesitancy varied by education and veteran status. Among staff, hesitancy varied by gender and political beliefs. For people incarcerated, it varied by pre-incarceration income and visit frequency. Conclusions: Results support the need for public health policy and procedural interventions to reduce hesitancy towards vaccination in correctional settings.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590136223000116Vaccine hesitancyPrisonVaccine hesitancy scale |
| spellingShingle | Kelli E. Canada Ashley Givens Beth M. Huebner Janet Garcia-Hallett Elizabeth Taylor Victoria Inzana Daniel Edwards, Jr. Clark M. Peters Dana Plunkett Cafourek Perceptions of vaccine safety and hesitancy among incarcerated adults and correctional staff in the rural midwest Vaccine: X Vaccine hesitancy Prison Vaccine hesitancy scale |
| title | Perceptions of vaccine safety and hesitancy among incarcerated adults and correctional staff in the rural midwest |
| title_full | Perceptions of vaccine safety and hesitancy among incarcerated adults and correctional staff in the rural midwest |
| title_fullStr | Perceptions of vaccine safety and hesitancy among incarcerated adults and correctional staff in the rural midwest |
| title_full_unstemmed | Perceptions of vaccine safety and hesitancy among incarcerated adults and correctional staff in the rural midwest |
| title_short | Perceptions of vaccine safety and hesitancy among incarcerated adults and correctional staff in the rural midwest |
| title_sort | perceptions of vaccine safety and hesitancy among incarcerated adults and correctional staff in the rural midwest |
| topic | Vaccine hesitancy Prison Vaccine hesitancy scale |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590136223000116 |
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