Citation

Beletsky L, Abramovitz D, Arredondo J, Baker P, Artamonova I, Marotta P, Mittal ML, Rocha-Jiménez T, Cepeda JA, Morales M, Clairgue E, Patterson TA, Strathdee SA. J. Occup. Environ. Med. 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, California. 92093, United States (Beletsky, Abramovitz, Arredondo, Baker, Artamonova, Mittal, Rocha-Jimenez, Cepeda, Morales, Clairgue, Patterson, Strathdee); School of Law & Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Ave., Massachusetts 02115, United States (Beletsky); School of Public Health, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Dr., San Diego, California. 92182, United States (Baker, Rocha-Jimenez); School of Social Work, Columbia University, 1255 Amsterdam Ave., New York, NY, 10027, United States (Marotta); School of Medicine, Universidad Xochicalco, 4850 Calle Rampa Yumalinda, Chapultepec Alamar, Tijuana, Baja California, 22110, Mexico (Mittal).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/JOM.0000000000001754

PMID

31658223

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To develop and validate Syringe Threat and Injury Correlates (STIC) score to measure police vulnerability to NSI.

METHODS: Tijuana police officers (N = 1,788) received NSI training (2015-2016). STIC score incorporates five self-reported behaviors: syringe confiscation, transportation, breaking, discarding, and arrest for syringe possession. Multivariable logistic regression was used to evaluate the association between STIC score and recent NSI.

RESULTS: Twenty-three (1.5%) officers reported NSI; higher among females than males (3.8% vs. 1.2%; p = 0.007). STIC variables had high internal consistency, a distribution of 4.0, a mode of 1.0, a mean (sd) of 2.0 (0.8), and a median (IQR) of 2.0 (1.2-2.6). STIC was associated with recent NSI; odds of NSI being 2.4 times higher for each point increase (p-value<0.0001).

CONCLUSIONS: STIC score is a novel tool for assessing NSI risk and prevention program success among police.

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