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Dominican, Mexican, and Puerto Rican Prostitutes: Drug Use and Sexual Behaviors

National Development and Research Institutes, Inc.

Michele Shedlin

Sociomedical Resource Associates, Inc.

W. Rees Davis

Michael C. Clatts

National Development and Research Institutes, Inc.

Salvador Balcorta

Centro de Salud Familiar La Fe

Mark M. Beardsley

National Development and Research Institutes, Inc.

Jesus Sanchez

National Development and Research Institutes, Inc.

Don Des Jarlais

Beth Israel Medical Center

Although Hispanics are overrepresented in AIDS cases in the United States, little information is available to help understand differences in drug and sex risk behaviors in Hispanic subgroups, needed to develop appropriate prevention programs. This study reports on HIV-related risk behaviors in three groups of Hispanic prostitutes recruited in the United States: Dominican (77), recruited in Washington Heights, NY, Mexican (151), recruited in El Paso, 7X; and Puerto Rican (48), recruited in East Harlem, NY Ethnographic interviews were conducted with a subsample of subjects to examine cultural meaning of risk behaviors; structured interviews were conducted with subjects to describe demographic characteristics and summarize levels of risk behaviors. Results indicated that the labels Hispanic and prostitute obfuscated important differences related to geographic and cultural factors. To be effective for diverse Hispanic groups, HIV prevention efforts and interventions must be based on knowledge of these differences.

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