@article{ref1,
title="Addressing police occupational safety during an opioid crisis: the Syringe Threat and Injury Correlates (STIC) Score",
journal="Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine",
year="2019",
author="Beletsky, Leo and Abramovitz, Daniela and Arredondo, Jaime and Baker, Pieter and Artamonova, Irina and Marotta, Phil and Mittal, Maria Luisa and Rocha-Jiménez, Teresita and Cepeda, Javier A. and Morales, Mario and Clairgue, Erika and Patterson, Thomas A. and Strathdee, Steffanie A.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To develop and validate Syringe Threat and Injury Correlates (STIC) score to measure police vulnerability to NSI. <br><br>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. <br><br>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). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: STIC score is a novel tool for assessing NSI risk and prevention program success among police.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1076-2752",
doi="10.1097/JOM.0000000000001754",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000001754"
}