Table 3.
Teachers’ perceptions of importance and relevance of FOYC and number of activities and sessions taught among 110 grade six school teachers
| Variables | % | Number of core activities completed (0–30) | Number of all activities completed (0–46)† | Number of sessions taught (0–8) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Importance of HIV prevention programs for youth in general | ||||
| Very important | 95.4 | 16.64(8.56) | 25.54(13.19) | 4.47(2.29) |
| Somewhat important | 4.6 | 17.40(8.96) | 25.80(14.74) | 4.66(2.40) |
| Student’s t test | 0.17 | 0.03 | 0.16 | |
| Importance of HIV prevention programs for grade six youth in general | ||||
| Very important | 86.9 | 16.98(8.19) | 26.00(12.67) | 4.56(2.19) |
| Somewhat important | 13.1 | 15.92(10.99) | 24.08(17.13) | 4.23(2.92) |
| Student’s t test | 0.37 | 0.44 | 0.44 | |
| Importance of HIV prevention for Grade 6 youth in your community | ||||
| Very important | 89.0 | 17.05(8.43) | 26.15(12.99) | 4.58(2.26) |
| Somewhat important | 11.0 | 13.45(9.19) | 20.45(14.43) | 3.61(2.44) |
| Student’s t test | 1.21 | 1.24 | 1.22 | |
| Importance of FOY for the grade six students in your school | ||||
| Very important | 86.2 | 17.51(8.08) | 26.90(12.45) | 4.70(2.16) |
| Somewhat important | 13.8 | 10.85(9.73) | 16.08(14.81) | 2.92(2.61) |
| Student’s t test | 2.46* | 2.60** | 2.45* | |
| FOY curriculum is a Bahamian curriculum | ||||
| Very much so | 56.9 | 16.77(7.69) | 25.68(11.83) | 4.48(2.06) |
| Somewhat | 43.1 | 16.27(9.86) | 24.98(15.16) | 4.37(2.62) |
| Student’s t test | 0.25 | 0.24 | 0.21 | |
Note: Test statistics (t values) were adjusted using the variance inflation factors (VIFs); †include core and review lessons. Numbers outside the parentheses are means (of number of core or all activities completed and number of sessions taught), and numbers in parentheses are standard deviations. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01