Table 4.
Mixed-effects models assessing the impact of implementation fidelity on students’ outcomes
| Variables | Estimated models | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIV/AIDS knowledge | Preventive reproductive health skills | Self-efficacy | Intention to use protection | |||||||||
| β | SE | t | β | SE | t | β | SE | t | β | SE | t | |
| Fixed effect | ||||||||||||
| Intercept | 8.739 | 0.796 | 10.97*** | 3.446 | 0.412 | 8.36*** | 1.414 | 0.388 | 3.64*** | 2.406 | 0.680 | 3.54*** |
| Age | 0.037 | 0.064 | 0.57 | 0.001 | 0.036 | 0.03 | 0.190 | 0.032 | 5.98*** | −0.060 | 0.052 | −1.16 |
| Gender | ||||||||||||
| Male | −0.094 | 0.088 | −1.08 | 0.123 | 0.049 | 2.53* | 0.521 | 0.043 | 12.04*** | 0.478 | 0.070 | 6.80*** |
| Female (ref) | ||||||||||||
| Baseline student outcome | 0.003 | 0.018 | 0.16 | 0.003 | 0.019 | 0.15 | −0.041 | 0.021 | −1.95* | −0.001 | 0.020 | −0.05 |
| Implementation fidelity (number of core activity completed) | 0.057 | 0.018 | 3.23** | 0.017 | 0.006 | 2.93** | 0.149 | 0.073 | 2.03* | 0.660 | 0.208 | 3.18** |
| Random effect | ||||||||||||
| School† | 0.395 | 0.222 | 1.78* | 0.007 | 0.026 | 0.28 | 0.090 | 0.037 | 2.44** | 0.066 | 0.052 | 1.27 |
| Class (nested within school)† | 1.155 | 0.220 | 5.26*** | 0.171 | 0.040 | 4.29*** | 0.061 | 0.019 | 3.24*** | 0.277 | 0.065 | 4.25*** |
*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001. †z test