Table 2.
Participants’ reactions to CHARISMA components
| HEART (n = 92) | Healthy relationships counseling module (n = 92)a | Supplemental counseling modules | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner communication (n = 30)a | Ring disclosure (n = 27)a | IPV (n = 54)a | |||
| Ease of understanding (HEART questions only) | |||||
| Very easy | 70% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Somewhat easy | 20% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Somewhat difficult | 10% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Very difficult | 1% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Relevance | |||||
| Highly relevant | 25% | 54% | 57% | 67% | 47% |
| Somewhat relevant | 61% | 39% | 43% | 26% | 31% |
| Not very relevant | 14% | 7% | 0% | 7% | 22% |
| Helpfulness | |||||
| Very helpful | 79% | 83% | 90% | 89% | 73% |
| Somewhat helpful | 18% | 17% | 10% | 7% | 20% |
| Not helpful | 2% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 7% |
| Length | |||||
| Too long | 25% | 18% | 13% | 7% | 11% |
| About right | 61% | 68% | 83% | 78% | 74% |
| Not long enough | 14% | 13% | 3% | 15% | 15% |
| Preference for computer or counselor administration | |||||
| Strongly prefer computer | 36% | 27% | 27% | 22% | 30% |
| Somewhat prefer computer | 2% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 4% |
| No preference | 13% | 16% | 20% | 19% | 19% |
| Somewhat prefer a counselor | 8% | 4% | 7% | 0% | 7% |
| Strongly prefer a counselor | 41% | 50% | 43% | 56% | 41% |
aAll 92 participants received the healthy relationships counseling module and at least one other counseling module