TABLE 1—
Demographic Characteristics, Self-Reported Sexual Behavior, and Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Status at Baseline of Participants in Brief HIV/STD Risk-Reduction Interventions, by Intervention Group: “Sister-to-Sister: The Black Women’s Health Project,” Newark, NJ, 1993–1996
| Demographic Characteristic | Group Skill Intervention (n = 118) | One-on-One Skill Intervention (n = 123) | Group Information Intervention (n = 124) | Information One-on-One Intervention (n = 118) | Group Health Intervention (n = 81) | P |
| Age, y, mean (SE) | 27.0 (0.59) | 27.0 (0.59) | 27.3 (0.60) | 27.3 (0.63) | 27.3 (0.82) | .99b |
| Never married, % | 79.3 | 71.9 | 80.2 | 77.8 | 71.2 | .39c |
| Employed, %c | 28.7 | 27.7 | 33.6 | 30.5 | 32.5 | .86c |
| Sexually active in past 3 mo, % | 91.3 | 90.0 | 86.1 | 89.6 | 87.5 | .73c |
| Proportion of protected sexual intercourse occasions in past 3 mo, mean (SE) | 0.51 (0.04) | 0.55 (0.04) | 0.52 (0.05) | 0.58 (0.04) | 0.51 (0.05) | .80b |
| Used condom during last sexual intercourse , % | 43.0 | 38.3 | 34.2 | 40.7 | 37.3 | .70c |
| No. days of unprotected sexual intercourse in past 3 mo, mean (SE) | 9.67 (1.90) | 7.52 (1.59) | 8.00 (1.42) | 6.36 (1.08) | 11.15 (2.35) | .94d |
| No. sexual partners in past 3 mo, mean (SE) | 1.32 (0.11) | 1.26 (0.09) | 1.07 (0.07) | 1.28 (0.18) | 1.05 (0.06) | .55d |
| STD positive, %e | 20.4 | 21.6 | 21.1 | 16.5 | 22.7 | .85c |
Note. The group health intervention was the control group. All group interventions lasted 200 minustes; all one-on-one interventions lasted 20 minutes.
aSkill-building interventions were aimed at increasing skill related to the correct use of condoms and the negotiation of condom use with a sexual partner; information interventions were designed to increase knowledge about HIV/STD transmission and prevention and personal vulnerability to HIV/STDs. The control group received a general health promotion intervention focused not on HIV/STD risk behavior but on behaviors (diet, physical exercise, alcohol and tobacco use) associated with risk of heart disease, stroke, and cancer.
bUsing analysis of variance (ANOVA).
cUsing the χ2 test.
dUsing the Kruskal—Wallis test.
ePercentage STD positive is the percentage that tested positive for Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis, or Trichomonas vaginalis.