Preferences and acceptability of law enforcement initiated referrals for people who inject drugs: a mixed methods analysis

Table 2 Referral service preferences of people who inject drugs and law enforcement officers in Tijuana, Mexico

	PWID n (%)	LEOs n (%)	p-value
Drug treatment and harm reduction
Addiction assistance	218 (78%)	270 (88%)	0.001
Overdose prevention	165 (59%)	173 (57%)	0.59
Syringe service program	168 (60%)	161 (53%)	0.08
Basic needs
Laundry, showers, or other personal care	174 (62%)	133 (43%)	< 0.001
Food assistance	172 (61%)	114 (37%)	< 0.001
Housing assistance	162 (58%)	93 (30%)	< 0.001
Legal or immigration assistance	144 (51%)	98 (32%)	< 0.001
Employment assistance	180 (64%)	191 (62%)	0.68
Basic health care^a	174 (62%)	171 (56%)	0.14
HIV or other infectious disease testing	163 (58%)	206 (67%)	0.02
HIV treatment	165 (59%)	N/A^b	N/A
Dental clinic	131 (47%)	N/A^b	N/A
Likelihood the PWID would attend the referral service^c
Very likely/All the time	136 (49%)	184 (60%)	N/A
Somewhat likely/Sometimes	61 (22%)	105 (34%)	N/A
Somewhat unlikely/Rarely	39 (14%)	13 (4%)	N/A
Very unlikely/Never	42 (15%)	2 (1%)	N/A

PWID people who inject drugs, LEOs law enforcement officers
^aThis question was worded differently in the survey among PWID (“wound care or other health care”) than in the survey among LEOs (“basic health care”)
^bNot asked in the survey among LEOs
^cResponses for PWID ranged from Very unlikely to Very likely and for LEOs ranged from Never to All the time

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