Increasing availability of COVID-19 vaccine to older adults under community supervision.
Increasing availability of COVID-19 vaccine to older adults under community supervision.
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10.1108/ijph-06-2022-0035
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2022-11-15
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这是一篇关于通过改善社区监督成年人（尤其是老年人口）获得疫苗和加强剂的机会来减轻 COVID-19 传播的观点论文。为参与监狱系统的成年人（特别是 55 岁或以上的成年人）接种疫苗对于遏制美国的 COVID-19 大流行至关重要，特别是在变异病毒不断出现和传播的情况下。在本观点中，我们讨论了为什么改善社区监督成年人（尤其是老龄化人口）获得 COVID-19 疫苗和加强剂的机会对于减轻 COVID-19 大流行的公共卫生后果至关重要。最后，我们提出了随着大流行的持续，加强该人群疫苗和加强疫苗接种的建议。在疫苗接种工作中被忽视的一个关键人群是居住在社区中、参与监狱系统的老年人（即“社区监督”或缓刑或假释人员）。由于个人、社区、社会和结构层面的众多因素，缓刑和假释期间的老年人面临 SARS-CoV-2 传播和严重疾病的高风险。
This is a Viewpoint paper regarding mitigating the spread of COVID-19 by improving access to vaccine and boosters among community supervised adults, especially the aging population. Vaccinating adults who are involved with the carceral system, particularly those aged 55 or older, is crucial to containing the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, particularly as variants continue to emerge and spread. In this Viewpoint, we discuss the reasons why improving access to COVID-19 vaccine and boosters among community supervised adults, especially the aging population, is critical to mitigating the public health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. We conclude by providing recommendations to enhance vaccine and booster uptake in this population, as the pandemic continues. A key population that has been overlooked in vaccination efforts are older adults involved in the carceral system who are living in the community (i.e., “community supervised” or people on probation or parole). Older adults on probation and parole are at high risk for SARS-CoV-2 transmission and severe disease due to numerous factors at the individual, community, social, and structural levels.