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A tailored EDUcational intervention to increase COVID-19 vaccine uptake among hesitant Canadian incarcerATEd people (EDUCATE study)

  • Funded by Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
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Grant number: 451026

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • start year

    2021

  • Known Financial Commitments (USD)

    $79,587.57

  • Funder

    Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

  • Principal Investigator

    Kronfli Nadine, Morrissey Mark, Miller Kirsten

  • Research Location

    Canada

  • Lead Research Institution

    Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Policies for public health, disease control & community resilience

  • Research Subcategory

    Approaches to public health interventions

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Unspecified

  • Vulnerable Population

    Prisoners

  • Occupations of Interest

    Other

Abstract

People in prison are a key population for improving COVID-19 vaccine uptake. While vaccine uptake rates have been historically low in correctional facilities, the provision of education by trusted individuals may be key to improving uptake. With the overall goal of increasing COVID-19 vaccine uptake and improving COVID-19 vaccine confidence among people incarcerated in federal prison, we will design and evaluate a tailored COVID-19 educational intervention. The intervention will address key barriers to COVID-19 vaccine uptake that were recently identified through individual interviews with vaccine-hesitant people in federal prison. Correctional-facility nurses will then be trained to deliver the educational intervention, and its impact on vaccine uptake and vaccine confidence will be evaluated. If the educational intervention is found to improve COVID-19 vaccine uptake and confidence, it could be disseminated throughout the Canadian correctional system (federal and provincial/territorial prisons), and simultaneously adapted to correctional facility staff, to potentially improve vaccine uptake and confidence among thousands of individuals.