TABLE 1—

Mid-Adolescent Participants’ Baseline Demographic Characteristics, Previous Exposure to Focus on Youth in the Caribbean, Risk Behaviors, and HIV-Related Knowledge, Skills, and Perceptions, by Intervention Group: The Bahamas, 2008–2011

		Intervention Group
Variables	Overall	HFLE	BFOOY Plus CImPACT	BFOOY Plus GFI	BFOOY Only	F or χ2	P
Sample size, no.	2564	772	664	559	569
Age, y (SD)	14.50 (0.71)	14.55 (0.78)	14.45 (0.67)	14.51 (0.68)	14.48 (0.66)	2.38	.068
Gender, %
Male	43.6	43.9	41.7	44.2	44.6	1.32	.726
Female	56.4	56.1	58.3	55.8	55.4
Exposure to FOYC in grade 6, %	47.3	47.7	43.4	45.1	53.4	13.82	.003
Correctly answered SODA question, %	41.1	38.3	41.5	40.9	44.5	5.31	.151
HIV-related knowledge, skills, and perceptions
HIV/AIDS knowledgea (SD)	11.67 (2.47)	11.55 (2.38)	11.69 (2.37)	11.70 (2.62)	11.77 (2.55)	0.94	.42
Condom-use skillsa (SD)	10.45 (2.15)	10.25 (2.19)	10.48 (2.14)	10.49 (2.19)	10.63 (2.05)	3.49	.015
Condom-use self-efficacyb (SD)	3.38 (1.28)	3.38 (1.28)	3.34 (1.27)	3.37 (1.30)	3.43 (1.27)	0.49	.692
Sexual activity and condom use
No. of sexually active youths at baseline	509	145	130	104	130
Ever had sex, %	27.5	28.6	25.6	25.0	30.6	6.09	.107
Had sex in the last 6 mo, %	22.3	21.9	21.5	20.9	25.0	3.22	.359
No. of sex partners, last 6 mo, %
1	52.1	56.5	51.5	55.8	44.6	1.45	.229
2	26.9	22.1	26.9	28.8	30.8
≥ 3	21.0	21.4	21.5	15.4	24.6
Used a condom during last sexual episode, %	76.5	70.3	78.3	77.0	81.9	7.46	.059
Consistent condom use, %	68.2	61.5	71.8	70.5	71.2	6.24	.101

Note. FOYC = Focus on Youth in the Caribbean; HFLE = Health and Family Life Education; BFOOY = Bahamian Focus on Older Youth; CImPACT = Caribbean Informed Parents and Children Together; GFI = Goal for It; SODA = Stop, Options, Decision, Action.

^aScore range 0–16.

^bScore range 1–5.