Table 2.
Program development participant’ demographic characteristics.
| Characteristic | Phase I | Phase II | ||||
| Focus groups #1-3 (n=12) | Feedback sessions (n=30) | Focus groups #1-3 (n=18) | Feedback sessions (n=27) | Writing sessions (n=30) | ||
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 16 | 16.53 (1.1) | 16.77 (2.2) | 16.37 (2.2) | 21.83 (2.0) | |
| Gender, n (%) | ||||||
| Female | 5 (42) | 13 (43) | 11 (61) | 11 (41) | 9 (30) | |
| Male | 7 (58) | 17 (57) | 7 (39) | 16 (59) | 21 (70) | |
| Ethnicity, n (%) | ||||||
| Non-Hispanic | —a | 27 (90) | 16 (89) | 26 (96) | 13 (87)b | |
| Race, n (%) | ||||||
| White | — | 15 (50) | 15 (83) | 24 (88) | — | |
| Black | — | 6 (20) | — | 1 (4) | — | |
| Mixed/other | — | 9 (30) | 3 (17) | 2 (8) | — | |
| Previous experience w/ POc Drug Prevention Program, n (%) | 1 (7) | 1(3) | — | 1 (4) | — | |
| Age at first PO use, mean (SD) | — | — | 14.7 (1.2)d | — | 15.75 (2.4) | |
| Transition from PO heroin use, n (%) | — | — | 6 (86)d | — | 12 (41) | |
aData not collected.
bDenominator is 15.
cPO: prescription opioid.
dApplies only to youth in focus group #1 (n=8).