Table 2 Unadjusted and adjusted models of officers reporting which harm reduction services should be included in a referral (n = 305)
Drug Addiction Treatment Services (“Yes”) | Syringe Service Programs (“Yes”) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unadjusted model | Adjusted model | Unadjusted model | Adjusted model | |||||
Police characteristics | Prevalence ratio | 95% CI | Adjusted prevalence ratio | 95% CI | Prevalence Ratio | 95% CI | Adjusted Prevalence Ratio | 95% CI |
Age (years) | 0.99 | 0.95, 1.03 | 0.98* | 0.97, 0.99 | 0.96* | 0.93, 0.98 | ||
# Years on Force | 1.00 | 0.96, 1.05 | 0.98 | 0.97, 1.01 | ||||
Gender (Female vs Male) | 0.54 | 0.21, 1.42 | 0.82 | 0.40, 1.69 | ||||
Rank (Officer vs Supervisor/Deputy/Chief) | 0.75 | 0.29, 1.94 | 0.96 | 0.49, 1.85 | ||||
Location (high drug use vs Elsewhere) | 0.46* | 0.22, 0.95 | 0.5 | 0.24, 1.08 | 0.54* | 0.32, 0.91 | 0.50* | 0.29, 0.87 |
Education (< High School vs ≥ High School) | 0.73 | 0.32, 1.71 | 0.61 | 0.34, 1.09 | ||||
Attitudes (Agree vs Neutral/Disagree) | ||||||||
My supervisor would commend me for referring PWID | 1.56 | 0.56, 2.40 | 0.84 | 0.52, 1.36 | ||||
If I wanted to refer PWID to a health program, I would know how | 0.33 | 0.04, 2.53 | 0.86 | 0.36, 2.02 | ||||
It is the role of police to refer PWID to health & social services | 1.77 | 0.78, 4.04 | 1.59 | 0.88, 2.90 | ||||
Likelihood that PWID will go to service location if referred | 0.81 | 0.37, 1.74 | 1.01 | 0.61, 1.68 | ||||
Methadone maintenance programs help reduce criminal activity | 4.55* | 2.17, 9.56 | 4.66* | 2.05, 9.18 | 2.33* | 1.29, 4.21 | 2.43* | 1.30, 4.55 |
Syringe exchange programs increase the risk of NSI among police | 0.78 | 0.38, 1.57 | 0.46* | 0.29, 0.73 | 0.44* | 0.27, 0.71 | ||
People addicted to drugs do not care about their health | 0.65 | 0.32, 1.33 | 1.12 | 0.72, 1.76 | ||||
Drug Addiction is a disease | 1.23 | 0.35, 4.40 | 1.38 | 0.58, 3.31 | ||||