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4. Predictors of Secondhand Smoke Exposure During Pregnancy in Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, and Honduras

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Quiñones, Zahira, primary, Li, Dongmei, additional, McIntosh, Scott, additional, Avendaño, Esteban, additional, Sánchez, José Javier, additional, DiMare-Hering, Carmen, additional, Flores-Golfin, Daniel, additional, Wang, Sijiu, additional, Pérez-Ramos, José G, additional, Dye, Timothy D V, additional, and Ossip, Deborah J, additional

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2022
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6. Lessons Learned from Twelve Years of Partnered Tobacco Cessation Research in the Dominican Republic

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Ossip, Deborah J., primary, Díaz, Sergio, additional, Quiñones, Zahira, additional, McIntosh, Scott, additional, Dozier, Ann, additional, Chin, Nancy, additional, Weber, Emily, additional, Holderness, Heather, additional, Torres, Essie, additional, Bautista, Arisleyda, additional, Sánchez, Jóse Javier, additional, Avendaño, Esteban, additional, De Ver Dye, Timothy, additional, McDonald, Paul, additional, and Bianco, Eduardo, additional

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2016
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10. Illicit drug use and HIV risk in the Dominican Republic: Tourism areas create drug use opportunities.

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Guilamo-Ramos, Vincent, Lee, Jane J., Ruiz, Yumary, Hagan, Holly, Delva, Marlyn, Quiñones, Zahira, Kamler, Alexandra, and Robles, Gabriel

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HIV infection risk factors, DRUGS of abuse, INTERVIEWING, RESEARCH funding, RISK-taking behavior, SUBSTANCE abuse, QUALITATIVE research, THEMATIC analysis, INTER-observer reliability, DESCRIPTIVE statistics, DISEASE complications
Abstract

While the Caribbean has the second highest global human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevalence, insufficient attention has been paid to contributing factors of the region's elevated risk. Largely neglected is the potential role of drugs in shaping the Caribbean HIV/acquired immune deficiency syndrome epidemic. Caribbean studies have almost exclusively focused on drug transportation and seldom acknowledged local user economies and drug-related health and social welfare consequences. While tourism is consistently implicated within the Caribbean HIV epidemic, less is known about the intersection of drugs and tourism. Tourism areas represent distinct ecologies of risk often characterised by sex work, alcohol consumption and population mixing between lower and higher risk groups. Limited understanding of availability and usage of drugs in countries such as the Dominican Republic (DR), the Caribbean country with the greatest tourist rates, presents barriers to HIV prevention. This study addresses this gap by conducting in-depth interviews with 30 drug users in Sosúa, a major sex tourism destination of the DR. A two-step qualitative data analysis process was utilised and interview transcripts were systematically coded using a well-defined thematic codebook. Results suggest three themes: (1) local demand shifts drug routes to tourism areas, (2) drugs shape local economies and (3) drug use facilitates HIV risk behaviours in tourism areas. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

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2015
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