Creating Opportunities Through Mentoring, Parental Involvement and Safe Spaces - Ethiopia
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Sexual Assault, Interpersonal Relations, Marital Status, Domestic Violence
In brief
The study is a randomized controlled trial of COMPASS, an intervention for adolescent girls in three refugee camps in Ethiopia. The study design will employ a two group wait-list cluster randomized controlled trial where girls will be invited to participate in the COMPASS program, assigned to groups of approximately 20 for the purposes of the program, complete a pre-test baseline assessment, and will then be randomized by group to the intervention or control condition. In addition, qualitative research will address additional questions of acceptability, processes of change and best practice. Groups in three refugee camps - Sherkole, Bambasi, and Tongo - will be randomized to determine whether the participants receive the intervention or are placed on the wait-list immediately following the baseline. Those that do not get the curriculum during the study will receive it following the endline phase of the study so as to not create tensions or jealousies. The intervention, the COMPASS program, will involve a structured intervention for girls between the ages of 13-19 that is intended to engage adolescent girls, those who are influential in their lives, service providers and other stakeholders, with the ultimate goal of co-creating environments in which girls are valued and safe. The program is centered on establishing or supporting community-supported safe spaces for girls where they can come and gather among themselves and participate in a structured life-skills curriculum.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02506543
- Run by
- Columbia University
- People needed
- 1014
- Starts
- 2015-08-01
- Expected to finish
- 2016-09-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2018-02-08
Who can join
Age: 13 and older, up to 19. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- female
- aged 13-19
- speak one of the languages included in the study (Sudanese Arabic, Funj/Berta, Maban, Regarig and Engesena Quickly dialects)
- give informed consent
You may not qualify if…
- cognitive impairment
Where it is running
- Columbia University — New York, New York, United States
- International Rescue Committee — Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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