Table 1.
Characteristics of the study sample at baseline, overall and by intervention status
| Items and constructs | Intervention |
Control WW/GFI | Overall | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOYC/GFI | FOYC/CImPACT | Subtotal | |||
| Sample, n | 427 | 436 | 863 | 497 | 1360 |
| Boys, n (%) | 180 (42.2) | 231 (53.0)** | 411 (47.6) | 228 (45.9) | 639 (47.0) |
| Girls, n (%) | 247 (57.8) | 205 (47.0) | 452 (52.4) | 269 (54.1) | 721 (53.0) |
| Age in years, n (%) | |||||
| 10 − | 273 (65.5) | 259 (60.7)** | 523 (63.0)* | 305 (62.8) | 837 (62.9) |
| 11 − | 116 (27.8) | 115 (26.9) | 231 (27.4) | 155 (31.9) | 386 (29.0) |
| 12 + | 28 (6.7) | 53 (12.4) | 81 (9.6) | 26 (5.3) | 107 (8.1) |
| Mean (SD) | 10.4 (0.6) | 10.5 (0.8) | 10.4 (0.7)* | 10.4 (0.6) | 10.5 (0.7) |
| PMT perception, mean (SD) | |||||
| Coping appraisal for condom use | |||||
| Self-efficacy (α = 0.87) | 2.55 (1.16)* | 2.27 (1.17) | 2.41 (1.17) | 2.38 (1.17) | 2.40 (1.17) |
| Response efficacy (α = 0.71) | 3.95 (0.94) | 3.93 (0.96) | 3.94 (0.95) | 3.87 (0.97) | 3.92 (0.96) |
| Response cost (α = 0.39) | 3.33 (0.54)* | 3.29 (0.58) | 3.31 (0.56)* | 3.24 (0.59) | 3.28 (0.57) |
| Threat appraisal for condom use | |||||
| Extrinsic reward (NA) | 2.47 (1.49) | 2.71 (1.52)** | 2.60(1.51) | 2.42 (1.61) | 2.54 (1.54) |
| Intrinsic reward (NA) | 2.98 (0.93)** | 3.08 (1.04) | 3.03 (0.99) | 3.17 (1.00) | 3.08 (1.00) |
| Perceived severity (α = 0.65) | 4.73 (0.60) | 4.62 (0.70) | 4.67 (0.66) | 4.70 (0.62) | 4.69 (0.64) |
| Vulnerability (α = 0.75) | 1.59 (0.81) | 1.74 (0.92) | 1.67 (0.86) | 1.67 (0.85) | 1.67 (0.86) |
| Knowledge and skills, mean (SD) | |||||
| HIV/AIDS knowledge | 0.72 (0.16) | 0.71 (0.16) | 0.72 (0.16) | 0.70 (0.17) | 0.71 (0.16) |
| Condom use skills | 0.55 (0.13) | 0.55 (0.13) | 0.55 (0.13) | 0.56 (0.14) | 0.55 (0.13) |
| Intention and behaviour | |||||
| Intention to use condom mean (SD) | 2.85 (1.70) | 3.14 (1.67)** | 3.00 (1.69) | 2.80 (1.62) | 2.92 (1.67) |
| Rate of condom use among sexually experienced, n (%) | 3 (23.1) | 4 (16.7) | 7 (19.4) | 2 (10.5) | 9 (16.4) |
FOYC = Focus on Youth in the Caribbean; GFI = Goal for IT; CImPACT = Caribbean Informed Parents and Children Together; WW = Wondrous Wetlands; PMT = Protection Motivation Theory
Comparison of interventions with the control using Student’s t-test for continuous variables (e.g. age, PMT perceptions, HIV knowledge, etc.) and chi-square test for categorical variables (e.g. gender composition and rate of condom use)
*
P = < 0.05 and
**
P = < 0.01