Cost-effectiveness of a police education program on HIV and overdose among people who inject drugs in Tijuana, MexicoResearch in context
Summary: Background: Incarceration is associated with drug-related harms among people who inject drugs (PWID). We trained >1800 police officers in Tijuana, Mexico on occupational safety and HIV/HCV, harm reduction, and decriminalization reforms (Proyecto Escudo). We evaluated its effect on incar...
Main Authors: | Javier A. Cepeda, Leo Beletsky, Daniela Abramovitz, Carlos Rivera Saldana, James G. Kahn, Arnulfo Bañuelos, Gudelia Rangel, Jaime Arredondo, Peter Vickerman, Annick Bórquez, Steffanie A. Strathdee, Natasha K. Martin |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2024-02-01
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Series: | The Lancet Regional Health. Americas |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667193X24000061 |
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