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Table 3 Differences in students (N = 425) and their parents (N = 427) pretest and posttest scores on HIV/AIDS, obesity, nutrition, physical activity and communication subscales

From: Effectiveness of a pre-adolescent inter-generational intervention to address HIV and obesity in South Africa, using a pretest-posttest design

Subscale

Student

Parent

Pretest (N = 425)

Mean (SD)

Posttest (N = 425)

Mean (SD)

P-value

Pretest (N = 427)

Mean (SD)

Posttest (N = 427)

Mean (SD)

P-value

HIV/AIDS

 Knowledge about HIV/AIDS

8.04 (3.10)

10.1 (2.70)

< 0.01*

10.32 (2.80)

11.0 (2.50)

< 0.01*

 Attitude to openness about status

1.85 (0.95)

1.92 (0.95)

0.21

1.94 (0.93)

2.03 (0.94)

0.09

 Perception of stigma in community

2.19 (0.83)

2.25 (0.79)

< 0.01*

2.44 (0.78)

2.43 (0.79)

0.69

 Perceived risk about contracting HIV/AIDS

1.98 (0.86)

1.93 (0.86)

0.31

1.73 (0.86)

1.74 (0.86)

0.96

 Exposure to HIV/AIDS education

2.36 (0.87)

2.84 (0.50)

< 0.01*

   

 Behavioural intention to test for HIV

   

2.64 (0.71)

2.70 (0.64)

0.11

Obesity

 Awareness about obesity

1.93 (0.92)

2.78 (0.57)

< 0.01*

2.47 (0.82)

2.81 (0.54)

< 0.01*

 Awareness about BMI

1.40 (0.68)

2.56 (0.75)

< 0.01*

1.87 (0.91)

2.61 (0.72)

< 0.01*

 Skill (Measuring and interpreting BMI)

1.38 (0.66)

2.32 (0.86)

< 0.01*

1.69 (0.88)

2.40 (0.83)

< 0.01*

Nutrition

 Perceived importance of nutrition to health

2.65 (0.65)

2.62 (0.69)

0.41

2.67 (0.62)

2.67 (0.65)

0.41

 Awareness about food labels

2.15 (0.88)

2.83 (0.50)

< 0.01*

2.25 (0.88)

2.81 (0.52)

< 0.01*

 Skill (Interpreting a food label)

2.02 (0.90)

2.78 (0.56)

< 0.01*

2.21 (0.88)

2.76 (0.58)

< 0.01*

Physical Activity

 Attitude to importance of physical activity for health

4.44 (1.03)

4.45 (1.04)

0.94

4.34 (1.02)

4.47 (0.98)

0.03

 Awareness about pulse rate

1.60 (0.82)

2.59 (0.76)

< 0.01*

2.17 (0.91)

2.74 (0.60)

< 0.01*

 Skill (Measuring pulse rate)

1.42 (0.70)

2.43 (0.81)

< 0.01*

1.82 (0.89)

2.44 (0.80)

< 0.01*

Communication

 Behaviour in communicating about adolescent issues

16.5 (4.9)

16.7 (4.8)

0.42

16.5 (5.0)

17.1 (5.0)

0.02*

  1. * Statistically significant