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and reactant behaviors, and (c) deconstructing societal
ideation of separation from carceral communities and politicization
of carceral health care.
We hope our work informs future institutional policies
for vaccine rollout during operationalization of booster
doses for COVID-19, influenza vaccines, and other vaccinations.
We also hope our work motivates researchers to partner
with stakeholders working in carceral settings to engage
them in research. Understanding the perspectives of people
working in these is integral to improving public health.
Acknowledgments
We thank Philip Polgreen and Susan Beekmann from the
Infectious Diseases Society of America Emerging Infections
Network for their support in creating the electronic
query and collecting query responses.
Authors' Contributions
A.G.W. and C.K. conceived of the presented idea,
designed the methods, analyzed the data, and wrote the
paper. R.G. assisted with data analysis.
Author Disclosure Statement
A.G.W. receives salary support from the Massachusetts
Sheriffs' Association. The authors disclosed no other
conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship,
or publication of this article.
Funding Information
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
National Institutes ofHealth, 1KL2TR002545-01, K08HS
026008-01A.
Supplementary Material
Supplementary Appendix S1A
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