Effects Of HIV stigma reduction interventions in diasporic communities: insights from the CHAMP study

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Table 1. Participant demographics.

Demographics		Total
		PLHIV (n = 35)	CL (n = 31)
Gender	Trans	1(3%)	0
	Female	16 (46%)	19 (61%)
	Male	18 (51%)	12 (39%)
Age	18–29	3 (9%)	8 (26%)
	30–39	12 (34%)	8 (26%)
	40–49	12 (34%)	3 (10%)
	50–59	6 (17%)	9 (28%)
	60+	2 (6%)	3 (10%)
Ethnicity	Asian	7 (20%)	18(58%)
	Black	20 (57%)	10 (32%)
	Latino	8 (23%)	3 (10%)
Sexual orientation	Gay/Lesbian	11 (31)	7 (23%)
	Bisexual	4 (11%)	1 (3%)
	Questioning	2 (6%)	1 (3%)
	Heterosexual	18 (51%)	22 (71%)
Faith	Buddhist	2 (6%)	1 (3%)
	Christian	22 (63%)	15 (48%)
	Hindu	1 (3%)	0
	Muslim	0	4 (13%)
	None	7 (20%)	9 (29%)
	Other	3 (9%)	2 (6%)
Born in Canada	Yes	0	6 (19%)
	No	35	25 (80%)
Years in Canada	<1	6 (17%)	1 (3%)
	1–5	8 (23%)	6 (19%)
	6–10	7 (20%)	6 (19%)
	11–15	3 (9%)	1 (3%)
	16–20	2 (2%)	1 (3%)
	21–30	3 (9%)	5 (16%)
	31+	6 (17%)	5 (16%)
	Not specified	0	7 (21%)

Table 2. Summary of quantitative data on participants who completed all interventions and follow-up (n = 62).

Scales	Scale range	Pre Mean (SD)	Post Mean (SD)	9-Month Follow-up^† Mean (SD)
PLHIV Internalized Stigma (IA-RSS)	6–30	15.4 (6.5)	13.3 (6.5)**	12.8 (5.6)**
CL Stigma (A-RSS+)	15–75	23.3 (8.7)	20.3 (3.6)*	–
Mindfulness (FMI)	14–56	41.2 (6.3)	40.3 (7.4)	40.5 (5.4)
Psychological Flexibility (AAQ-II)	7–49	23.6 (11.3)	22.4 (10.3)	21.6 (10.1)
Values (VLQ-A)	10–100	67.1 (18.4)	74.5 (17.7)*	73.1 (16.8)*
Weighted Values (VLQ-W)	100–1000	553.6 (185.1)	651.1 (184.5)**	616.1 (180.1)*
Speaking Out in Social situations	12–36	32.4 (4.2)	33.6 (3.0)*	33.3 (4.0)
Feeling Knowledgeable	6–30	20.6 (4.0)	22.8 (4.0)**	23.3 (4.2)**
Confidence to Talk	5–25	20.8 (5.6)	23.1 (3.8)**	22.7 (5.0)*
Confidence to Engage others to fight injustice	5–25	20.3 (4.0)	22.4 (3.2)**	21.5 (3.4)**
Confidence to Mobilize Networks	5–25	18.8 (4.5)	20.7 (3.8)**	20.2 (4.2)*

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ^†Compared against Pre.