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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 21.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS. 2008 Jun 19;22(10):1177–1194. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3282ff624e

Table 2.

Summary of Sample and Intervention Characteristics of 38 RCTs of HIV Prevention Interventions in African-American Heterosexuals

Overall: K = 38, N = 14,983

Population Characteristics

% African Americans:
 100%a 25 (66%)
 80-99% 13 (34%)

Specifically targeting youth:
 Yes 9 (24%)
 No 29 (76%)

Specifically targeting drug
users:
 Yes 11 (29%)
 No 27 (71%)

Gender:
 Male only 8 (21%)
 Female only 15 (39%)
 Mixed 15 (39%)

Demographics:
 Age (Range) ( k = 15) 9 – 66
 Income (range) (k = 11) <$500 - <$20,000
 Education (median) < high school

Intervention setting
 Clinic settings 18 (47%)
 Community settings 11(29%)
 Educational/Research 9 (24%)

Intervention delivery
 Small groups 27 (70%)
 Individually 9 (24%)
 Individual and small groups 2 (5%)

Sessions
 # of sessions (range) 1-16
 time of delivery (range) 14-960 minutes
 delivery span (range) 1-270 days
a

Include trials that consisted of 100% African Americans or trials that targeted or focused on African Americans and provided stratified data for African Americans