High-Use Alcohol Venues: Tourism, Sex Work and HIV in the Dominican Republic

Project Goal: The primary aim was to examine factors associated with tourism, alcohol use and HIV-related sexual behaviors in Sosúa, a major international tourist destination in the Dominican Republic affected by high rates of alcohol and drug use, transactional sex, and population mixing between native Dominicans and tourists.

Awarded By

  • National Institutes on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

Contributors

Amount

  • $430,000.00

Start/End

  • 2008 - 2011