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Table 2 Participants’ reactions to CHARISMA components

From: Acceptability and feasibility of the CHARISMA counseling intervention to support women’s use of pre-exposure prophylaxis: results of a pilot study

 

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%

  1. aAll 92 participants received the healthy relationships counseling module and at least one other counseling module