COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage Among People Experiencing Homelessness in a Highly Vaccinated Midwest County—Dane County, Wisconsin, 2021 . (7th October 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gibson, Crystal; Schumann, Casey; Neuschel, Kimberly; McBride, Joseph A
• Is Part Of: Journal of infectious diseases. Volume 226(2022)Supplement 3
• Page Start: S335
• Page End: S339
• Publication Date: 2022-10-07
• Subjects: COVID-19 -- vaccination -- people experiencing homelessness; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; Diseases -- Causes and theories of causation -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Periodicals; Communicable Diseases -- Periodicals; Electronic journals; 616.9
• DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiac303
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-1899

Abstract

Abstract: People experiencing homelessness (PEH) are at increased risk for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection. This study assessed COVID-19 vaccination coverage among vaccine-eligible PEH (5 years and older) stratified by demographic characteristics. PEH were less likely to complete a primary vaccination series than the Dane County population (32.0%; 95% confidence interval [CI], 30.3%–33.8% vs 82.4%; 95% CI, 82.3%–82.5%) and were less likely to have received a booster when eligible (30.8%; 95% CI, 27.8%–33.9% vs 67.2%; 95% CI, 67.1%–67.4%). Vaccination rates were lowest among young PEH and PEH of color.