Research Article

Initial Feasibility of a Woman-Focused Intervention for Pregnant African-American Women

Table 1

Baseline demographic and background characteristics for the total sample and the Women’s CoOp for Pregnant African-American Women and treatment-as-usual conditions.

Total sample ( 𝑁 = 5 9 )Women’s CoOp ( 𝑛 = 3 0 )Treatment-as-usual ( 𝑛 = 2 9 )P

Demographic Characteristics
M (SD)

Maternal age in years28.7 (6.6)28.2 (5.7)29.2 (7.5).76
f (%)
Race: Black/African American59 (100%)30 (100%)29 (100%)

Education
Completed high school21 (36%)10 (33%)11 (38%).79

Relationship status
Never married48 (81%)23 (77%)25 (86%).51

Pregnancy
Unplanned53 (90%)27 (90%)26 (90%)1.00
Had you gone for prenatal care for this pregnancy?52 (88%)28 (93%)24 (83%).25
Used any drugs since you found out pregnant?41 (70%)22 (73%)19 (66%).58

Interpersonal violence
Ever been physically abused:
 Never44%40%48%.60
 More than 12 months ago31%33%28%.78
 One year ago or less25%27%10%.18
Ever been sexually abused:
 Never58%50%66%.29
 More than 12 months ago31%37%24%.40
 One year ago or less12%13%10%1.00

The test statistic for maternal age was the independent-samples t-test. The remaining variables were tested with the 𝜒 2 goodness-of-fit test, with 𝑑 𝑓 = 1 . Probability values for the 𝜒 2 tests are exact. Percentages are within the respective group.