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.
Am J Public Health. 2022 Jun;112(6):860-864. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2021.306702. Epub 2022 Apr 21.
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. (. 2022;112(6):860-864. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306702).
2015 年至 2018 年期间，我们为墨西哥蒂华纳的 1806 名市级警察提供了培训，以提高他们对艾滋病毒和注射吸毒的相关知识和行为。在培训前，对注射器持有法律的正确认知率为 56%，培训后提高至 94%，并在 24 个月（75%）时保持稳定。随着时间的推移，因持有注射器而被捕的人数减少与知识的提高有关（校正比值比 [AOR] = 0.87；95%置信区间 [CI] = 0.85，0.90）。具有正确认知的警察报告逮捕的可能性显著降低（AOR = 0.63；95% CI = 0.44，0.89）。培训与持续提高知识和实践水平有关，这些都有助于推进公共卫生。（. 2022;112(6):860-864. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306702）。
