Hennepin County Adult Detention Center’s Response to a 2019 Hepatitis A Outbreak in Minnesota

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ID11039257
AuthorsLucas Zellmer (0000-0001-9276-0784, Lucas Zellmer is a medical student at the University of Minnesota School of Medicine, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis. Laura Peters is with Hennepin Healthcare Jail Health Services, Hennepin Healthcare System, Minneapolis, MN. Rachel Sandler Silva is with the Department of Medicine and Jail Health Services, Hennepin Healthcare System, Minneapolis, MN, and the Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis.), Laura Peters (0000-0003-4807-0318, Lucas Zellmer is a medical student at the University of Minnesota School of Medicine, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis. Laura Peters is with Hennepin Healthcare Jail Health Services, Hennepin Healthcare System, Minneapolis, MN. Rachel Sandler Silva is with the Department of Medicine and Jail Health Services, Hennepin Healthcare System, Minneapolis, MN, and the Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis.), Rachel Sandler Silva (Lucas Zellmer is a medical student at the University of Minnesota School of Medicine, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis. Laura Peters is with Hennepin Healthcare Jail Health Services, Hennepin Healthcare System, Minneapolis, MN. Rachel Sandler Silva is with the Department of Medicine and Jail Health Services, Hennepin Healthcare System, Minneapolis, MN, and the Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis.)
Year2021
Volume111
Issue5
Pages839-841
Publication date2021-05-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2021.306159
PMID33734843
OpenAlexW3138917649
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited7

Hennepin County Adult Detention Center (Jail) is Minnesota’s largest jail. In August 2019, the Minnesota Department of Health declared a statewide hepatitis A outbreak. Within three days, Hennepin County Jail Health Services made significant changes to vaccination protocols that increased vaccination rates from 0.6% to 7.1% among detainees, who have a greater risk of contracting hepatitis A. We highlight the opportunity for jails to develop sustainable public health interventions in the setting of community outbreaks

Environmental health · Hepatitis · Hepatitis A · Outbreak · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Public health · Vaccination · Hepatitis B Virus Studies · Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Medicine · Nursing · Virology · Gerontology

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