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Impact of SHIELD Police Training on Knowledge of Syringe Possession Laws and Related Arrests in Tijuana, Mexico

Published:2022-06 Issue:6 Volume:112 Page:860-864
ISSN:0090-0036
Container-title:American Journal of Public Health
language:en
Short-container-title:Am J Public Health

Author:

Baker Pieter¹,Beletsky Leo¹,Garfein Richard¹,Pitpitan Eileen¹,Oren Eyal¹,Strathdee Steffanie A.¹,Cepeda Javier A.¹

Affiliation:

1. Pieter Baker and Javier A. Cepeda are with the Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD. Leo Beletsky is with the Bouvé College of Health Sciences and School of Law, Northeastern University, Boston, MA. Richard Garfein and Steffanie A. Strathdee are with the Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego. Eileen Pitpitan and Eyal Oren are with the Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.

Abstract

Between 2015 and 2018, we provided training for 1806 municipal police officers in Tijuana, Mexico, in an effort to improve their knowledge and behaviors related to HIV and injection drug use. Correct knowledge of syringe possession laws improved from 56% before training to 94% after training and was sustained at 24 months (75%). Knowledge improvement was associated with decreases in arrests for syringe possession over time (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 0.87; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.85, 0.90). Officers with correct knowledge had significantly lower odds of reporting arrests (AOR = 0.63; 95% CI = 0.44, 0.89). Training was associated with sustained improvements in knowledge and practices that advance public health. (Am J Public Health. 2022;112(6):860–864. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306702 )

Publisher

American Public Health Association

Subject

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Link

https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306702

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