Table 4.

Fidelity to key characteristics among 48 agencies that adapted/dropped intervention elements and 45 agencies that implemented the intervention’s core elements with fidelity

	Adapted (n = 48)		Fidelity (n =45)
Key characteristics	N	%	N	%	X2
Participants meet in small groups, similar in style to support groups	45	94	42	93	0.1
Participants meet for at least five 120-minute sessions	33	69	35	78	1.9
Groups contain members of the same gender and sexual orientation	25	52	27	60	0.6
At least one group facilitator is an experienced and skilled counselor	39	81	42	93	3.0
At least one group facilitator is an experienced mental health professional	17	35	16	36	0.1
At least one group facilitator is HIV positive	25	52	31	69	2.7
At least one group facilitator is a peer counselor	28	60	28	62	0.1
One facilitator is male and the other female	12	25	19	41	2.6
At least one facilitator matches the race/ethnicity of the majority of the participants	39	81	44	98	6.6**

Note:

^**p < .01