COVID-19 Vaccination Of People Experiencing Homelessness And Incarceration In Minnesota

Riley D. Shearer, Katherine Diaz Vickery, Peter Bodurtha, Paul E. Drawz, Steve Johnson, Jessica Jeruzal, Stephen C. Waring, Alanna M. Chamberlain, Anupam B. Kharbanda, Josh Leopold, Blair Harrison, Hattie Hiler, Rohan Khazanchi, Rebecca C. Rossom, Karen L. Margolis, Nayanjot Kaur, Miriam Halstead Muscoplat, Yue Yu, R. Adams Dudley, Niall A. M. Klyn, Tyler N. A. Winkelman

2022Health Affairs18 citationsDOI

Abstract

We used data from a statewide public health-health system collaboration to describe trends in COVID-19 vaccination rates by racial and ethnic groups among people experiencing homelessness or incarceration in Minnesota. Vaccination completion rates among the general population and people incarcerated in state prisons were substantially higher than those among people experiencing homelessness or jail incarceration.

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Ethnic groupVaccinationCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Public healthMedicinePopulationBehavioral Risk Factor Surveillance SystemHealth equityGerontologyPolitical scienceEnvironmental healthNursingVirologyDiseaseInfectious disease (medical specialty)PathologyLawHomelessness and Social IssuesCOVID-19 and Mental HealthCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts