Composition of each focus group
| Focus group number | Participants | Venue | Mean age (range) in years | n | Gender |
| 1 | Heterosexual females (≤24 years) | Young Persons Centre | 18 (16–23) | 6 | Female |
| 2 | Heterosexual males (≤24 years) | Young Persons Centre | 21 (19–24) | 7 | Male |
| 3 | Heterosexual females (>24 years) | Women's Centre | 32 (25–45+) | 7 | Female |
| 4 | Heterosexual males (>24 years) | Medical Education venue | 36 (25–59) | 7 | Male |
| 5 | WSW (≤24 years) | Allsorts LGBT Youth Group | 21 (16–24) | 7 | Female |
| 6 | MSM (≤24 years) | Allsorts LGBT Youth Group | 22 (19–24) | 8 | Male |
| 7 | WSW (>24 years) | Terrence Higgins Trust | 36 (29–42) | 4 | Female |
| 8 | MSM (>24 years) | Terrence Higgins Trust | 37 (26–51) | 7 | Male |
| 9 | Overseas students | Terrence Higgins Trust | 23 (16–28) | 5 | Male (3) |
| Female (2) | |||||
| 10 | Individuals infected with HIV | Terrence Higgins Trust | 51 (37–65) | 7 | Male (6) |
| Female (1) | |||||
| Total | 30 (16–65) | 65 | 27 Female | ||
| 38 Male |
MSM, men who have sex with men; WSW, women who have sex with women.