Eileen Pitpitan
Biographic Data
| ID | 6064778 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eileen Pitpitan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eileen |
| FAMILY NAME | Pitpitan |
| SIGNATURE | PITPITAN E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Pieter Baker and Javier A. Cepeda are with the Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD. Leo Beletsky is with the Bouvé College of Health Sciences and School of Law, Northeastern University, Boston, MA. Richard Garfein and Steffanie A. Strathdee are with the Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego. Eileen Pitpitan and Eyal Oren are with the Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA. |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Adverse migration experiences, border community stress, and the mental health of asylum-seeking women in transit at the Mexico-U.S. border
We evaluated the association between adverse migration experiences, border community stress, and mental health symptoms in a community-recruited sample of asylum-seeking women. As part of a mixed-methods, community-academic partnership, we analyzed cross-sectional questionnaires conducted with asylum-seeking women at the Tijuana-San Diego border (N=151) between Feb-July 2024. Symptoms of anxiety (56.6%), moderate-to-severe depression (45.9%), and…
Everyday discrimination and barriers to primary care, mental health, and substance use services
We evaluated the association between discrimination and access to primary, mental health, and substance use services among sex workers. Using baseline and semi-annual questionnaire data from a community-based cohort of sex workers in Vancouver, Canada (09/2015-02/2024), we used bivariate and multivariable logistic regression with generalized estimating equations to analyze the relationship between discrimination and access to primary care, mental…
Impact of SHIELD Police Training on Knowledge of Syringe Possession Laws and Related Arrests in Tijuana, Mexico
Between 2015 and 2018, we provided training for 1806 municipal police officers in Tijuana, Mexico, in an effort to improve their knowledge and behaviors related to HIV and injection drug use. Correct knowledge of syringe possession laws improved from 56% before training to 94% after training and was sustained at 24 months (75%). Knowledge improvement was associated with decreases in arrests for syringe possession over time (adjusted odds ratio [A…
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Impact of SHIELD Police Training on Knowledge of Syringe Possession Laws and Related Arrests in Tijuana, Mexico
Between 2015 and 2018, we provided training for 1806 municipal police officers in Tijuana, Mexico, in an effort to improve their knowledge and behaviors related to HIV and injection drug use. Correct knowledge of syringe possession laws improved from 56% before training to 94% after training and was sustained at 24 months (75%). Knowledge improvement was associated with decreases in arrests for syringe possession over time (adjusted odds ratio [A…
Adverse migration experiences, border community stress, and the mental health of asylum-seeking women in transit at the Mexico-U.S. border
We evaluated the association between adverse migration experiences, border community stress, and mental health symptoms in a community-recruited sample of asylum-seeking women. As part of a mixed-methods, community-academic partnership, we analyzed cross-sectional questionnaires conducted with asylum-seeking women at the Tijuana-San Diego border (N=151) between Feb-July 2024. Symptoms of anxiety (56.6%), moderate-to-severe depression (45.9%), and…
Everyday discrimination and barriers to primary care, mental health, and substance use services
We evaluated the association between discrimination and access to primary, mental health, and substance use services among sex workers. Using baseline and semi-annual questionnaire data from a community-based cohort of sex workers in Vancouver, Canada (09/2015-02/2024), we used bivariate and multivariable logistic regression with generalized estimating equations to analyze the relationship between discrimination and access to primary care, mental…
HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (2 works) · Mental health (2 works) · Odds (2 works) · Odds ratio (2 works) · Adverse effect (1 works) · Anxiety (1 works) · Cohort (1 works) · Demography (1 works) · Family medicine (1 works) · Field training (1 works)