Safe injection rooms and police crackdowns in areas with heavy drug dealing. evaluation by counting discarded syringes collected from the public space
Por:
Vecino C., Villalbí J.R., Guitart A., Espelt A., Bartroli M., Castellano Y., Brugal M.T.
Publicada:
1 ene 2013
Resumen:
The evolution of drug injection in public places is analysed using as indicator the number of syringes collected from public spaces, evaluating as well the influence of public health harm reduction interventions and of police actions, with a before and after quasi experimental study. Monthly syringe counts on the semester before and after each intervention were compared both in the involved district and in the city as a whole, using the U and z tests with a 95% confidence level. The average number of collected syringes drops from 13.132 in 2004 to 3.190 in 2012. Comparing indicators before and after health and police interventions, the opening of a facility with a supervised drug consumption room in the inner city was associated with a huge reduction in the number of abandoned syringes in the city, while its number did not rise in the district where the facility was located. The subsequent opening of another drug consumption room did not have a significant impact in collected syringes in the area. Some police interventions in 2005-2006 and 2011 had a significant impact in the indicators of the involved districts, while others did not. Harm reduction programs might have a favourable impact on drug injection in public spaces and related syringe presence. Some police interventions appear to have an impact while others do not or just have a modest local and temporary effect.
Filiaciones:
Vecino C.:
Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona, Spain
Villalbí J.R.:
Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona, Spain
Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain
CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain
Guitart A.:
Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona, Spain
Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain
Espelt A.:
Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona, Spain
Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain
CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain
Departament de Psicobiologia i Metodologia de les Ciències de la Salut, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
Bartroli M.:
Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona, Spain
Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain
Castellano Y.:
Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona, Spain
CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain
Brugal M.T.:
Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona, Spain
Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain
CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain
All Open Access; Bronze
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