Table 5.
RAP Peer Health Advocates' Perceived Influence on Peers' Preventive Behavior Change Reported on Closing Interview (N=99 PHAs)
| A. Do you know anyone who has … since you began PHA work? [Percentage of PHAs responding “yes”] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. How many people have … since you began PHA work? [Range, median, mode]a | ||||
| C. How many of these people did you talk to about … ? [Range, median, mode]a | ||||
| D. Percentage of those known to have changed that PHA influenced [Calculated as C/B] | ||||
| Risk/Harm Reduction Practices: | A | B | C | D |
| … begun using rubber tips on crack pipes | 88.5 | 1-99 median=7 mode=5 |
1-99 median=6 mode=5 |
93.5 |
| … started using or increased use of condoms | 75.0 | 1-99 median=10 mode=10 |
1-99 median=8.5 mode=2 |
96.3 |
| … increased use of bleach to sterilize syringes | 66.7 | 1-99 median=5 mode=2 |
0-99 median=5 mode=2 |
93.7 |
| … entered into drug treatment or detoxification | 65.6 | 1-40 median=3 mode=1 |
0-40 median=2.5 mode=1 |
85.2 |
| … started using or increased use of the Needle Exchange Program |
42.7 | 1-30 median=5 mode=2, 5 |
1-30 median=5 mode=2 |
93.9 |
a
Median and mode scores were used here because a small number of PHAs who talked to a very large number of contacts skewed the means. The structure of the form permitted a maximum of 99 to be entered, thereby limiting the total number of people any PHA could report having spoken to about a given topic.