TABLE 2.
Mean Rating for Each REMAS Module in Round 2 and Changes Made for REMAS–CA
| Topic Area | African American | Hispanic | Changes from REMAS to REMAS-CA | ||||
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| M | (sd) | Change from
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M | (sd) | Change from
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| Round 1 | Round 1 | ||||||
| Getting Started | 3.58 | (0.64) | 0.55 | 3.47 | (0.69) | 0.53 | Participants now generate their own group norms/rules, rather than have group leaders dictate them. Participants identify something about themselves of which they are proud. |
| Risk Reduction Self-Assessment | 3.47 | (0.64) | 0.36 | 3.47 | (0.64) | 0.33 | Little change. |
| HIV/AIDS Information | 3.50 | (0.61) | 0.31 | 3.42 | (0.66) | 0.14 | Participants more actively involved; myths associated with HIV more actively addressed. |
| Condom Use Skills | |||||||
| Male Condom Demonstration & Practice | 3.31 | (0.39) | 0.45 | 3.31 | (0.39) | 0.59 | A partner rating of practice removed. |
| Female Condom Demonstration & Practice | 3.22 | (0.36) | 0.36 | 3.22 | (0.36) | 0.50 | A partner rating of practice removed. |
| Healthy Options | 3.42 | (0.33) | 0.42 | 3.39 | (0.44) | 0.42 | Revised to focus on drug use and sex risk hierarchies/continuums rather than harm reduction. |
| Condom Barriers | 3.42 | (0.38) | 0.39 | 3.44 | (0.35) | 0.31 | Participants more actively involved; cultural barriers also identified. |
| Relationships/Social Norms | |||||||
| Who’s Got the Power? | 3.78 | (0.59) | 0.64 | 3.83 | (0.50) | 0.77 | New module exploring observations of others’ intimate relationships during participants’ social development. |
| Culture Values and Intimate Relationships | 4.00 | (0.61) | 0.86 | 4.08 | (0.57) | 1.02 | New module exploring how developmental history and culture affected participants’ own intimate relationships. |
| Ideal Man/Ideal Woman | 3.81 | (0.57) | 0.67 | 3.86 | (0.44) | 0.80 | Revised to explore cultural differences also. |
| Changing Social Norms | 3.56 | (0.50) | 0.42 | 3.56 | (0.50) | 0.50 | New module challenging participants to explore norms in their social networks and ways to change those norms. |
| Prevention Planning | |||||||
| Building Skills for Making Safer Sex Decisions: Movie Clips | 3.44 | (0.69) | 0.13 | 3.39 | (0.71) | 0.14 | Revised to utilize movie clips as stimulus material for planning how participants might address future sexually risky situations. |
| Personal commitment to Sexual Safety | 3.25 | (0.48) | −0.06 | 3.19 | (0.62) | −0.06 | Little change. |
| Communication Skills for Safe Sex | |||||||
| Communicating about Safe Sex: Talk Tools | 3.28 | (0.54) | 0.17 | 3.22 | (0.58) | .08 | Little change. |
| Talk Role Plays | 3.78 | (0.87) | 0.67 | 3.67 | (0.71) | 0.53 | New role-plays written by expert panel members using language they felt was more in tune with African American or Hispanic men. |
| Practice Talk Tools: Responding to Excuses for Not Using Condoms | 3.53 | (0.67) | 0.42 | 3.50 | (0.64) | 0.36 | New module requiring participants to practice responding to reasons for not using condoms. |
| Practice Talk Tools: Responding to Come-ons for Sex Under the Influence | 3.72 | (0.76) | 0.61 | 3.75 | (0.79) | 0.61 | New module requiring participants to practice drug use refusal when confronting a possible sex under the influence opportunity. |
| Summary | na | na | na | na | na | na | Not included in REMAS–CA. |
| Review Prior Sessions | 3.56 | (0.53) | 0.45 | 3.53 | (0.55) | 0.47 | Little change. |
| Sex Under the Influence | |||||||
| Experience with Sex and Drugs | 3.33 | (0.66) | 0.11 | 3.28 | (0.68) | 0.09 | Little change. |
| Enhancing Sex without Drugs | 3.06 | (0.30) | −0.16 | 3.06 | (0.30) | −0.13 | Little change. |
| Coping with Sexual Dysfunction | 3.22 | (0.49) | 0.30 | 3.25 | (0.52) | 0.33 | Removed from REMAS–CA. |
| Talking Circle | 3.78 | (0.81) | na | 3.75 | (0.62) | na | Added to close each session. |
Note. Italicized topics are modules created for round 2; they are listed under the modules they replaced and differences from round 1 were calculated compared to those. Bold values represent a difference of 0.5 or more in the rating from that for REMAS.