降低监禁人口的价值:降低监禁人口为COVID-19疫苗接种的优先级
Kristin Merss1, Barbara J Bowers1
1School of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
Western journal of nursing research
|September 13, 2023
概括
尽管他们面临高风险,但COVID-19疫苗计划往往不包括被监禁的人群. 许多州最初将它们列为优先事项,但后来将它们列为不优先事项,破坏了公平的疫苗分配.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 卫生政策 卫生政策
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 由于COVID-19大流行不成比例地影响了监禁人口,因此需要采取专注的健康保护措施.
- 惩戒护士在惩戒设施内管理COVID-19疫情方面发挥了至关重要的作用.
- 制定了公平的疫苗分配框架,以解决与大流行有关的健康差异.
研究的目的:
- 评估在州COVID-19疫苗接种计划中对被监禁人口的优先考虑.
- 评估遵守国家科学院的公平疫苗分配框架.
主要方法:
- 审查了15个州的COVID-19疫苗接种计划.
- 分析初始和后续版本以跟踪优先级的变化.
- 鉴定监禁人口如何被分类为疫苗阶段.
主要成果:
- 在最初的13个计划中,有10个计划包括监禁人员在早期疫苗接种阶段 (1和2).
- 八个州后来通过将他们作为一个独特的群体去除,使被监禁人口失去优先权.
- 该框架的公平目标受到损害,因为被监禁的人经常被排除在高风险优先级之外.
结论:
- 由于疫苗接种计划的优先级不一致,监禁人口面临长期的COVID-19风险.
- 需要进行政策和实践干预,以确保对高风险监禁群体提供道德和公平的护理.
- 解决结构性和政治因素对于改善在惩戒机构获得医疗保健的机会至关重要.
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