COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among women leaving jails: A qualitative study

Mugur V Geana, Sherri Anderson, Megha Ramaswamy, Mugur V Geana, Sherri Anderson, Megha Ramaswamy

Abstract

In many correctional facilities across the United States, COVID-19 vaccine refusal rates are as high as 50%. Most women leaving jails have low SES, health literacy, and mistrust of governmental institutions, thus exacerbating existing health disparities and making women leaving jail vulnerable. Data from 25 interviews with recently released women suggest that interventions to promote vaccines to this population will have to address health education and mitigate mistrust, misinformation, and conspiracy theories.

Keywords: COVID-19; health literacy; vaccine; vaccine hesitancy; women leaving jails.

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