Domestic Violence Clinical Trial
— COMPASSOfficial title:
Creating Opportunities Through Mentoring, Parenting and Safe Spaces - a Randomized Controlled Trial in Democratic Republic of Congo
Verified date | February 2018 |
Source | Columbia University |
Contact | n/a |
Is FDA regulated | No |
Health authority | |
Study type | Interventional |
The study is a randomized controlled trial of COMPASS, an intervention for adolescent girls
in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The study design will employ a two-arm randomized
controlled trial where girls will be enrolled at the same time and randomized to receive a
basic package of services, which includes life skills education and access to mentors in safe
spaces, or the basic package plus a structured parenting intervention for girls' caregivers.
An experimental design will be used to evaluate the relative impact of the parenting
initiative in addition to the safe space program for girls. In addition, qualitative research
will address additional questions of acceptability, processes of change and best practice.
Groups in North and South Kivu will be randomized so that every group is randomly designated
as a group that will either roll out the core intervention or the intervention plus caregiver
component. Groups that do not receive the parental intervention during the study will receive
the intervention when the study is complete to reduce communal jealousies.
The intervention, the COMPASS program, will involve a structured intervention for girls
between the ages of 10-14 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. In addition
to the safe spaces for girls, the COMPASS project will also implement structured activities
for the parents and caregivers of participants.
Status | Completed |
Enrollment | 1633 |
Est. completion date | December 2016 |
Est. primary completion date | November 2016 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | Accepts Healthy Volunteers |
Gender | Female |
Age group | 10 Years to 14 Years |
Eligibility |
Inclusion Criteria: - female - aged 10-14 - give informed consent Exclusion Criteria: - cognitive impairment |
Country | Name | City | State |
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United States | International Rescue Commitee | New York | New York |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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Columbia University | Department for International Development, United Kingdom, International Rescue Committee |
United States,
Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | Sexual violence in the past 12 months | A binary composite representing any form of sexual violence in the previous 12 months, which included self-reported forced sex, unwanted sexual touching, or coerced sex | 12 months | |
Secondary | Change in baseline prevalence of interpersonal relationships | This study will use a questionnaire to measure whether there is an increase in study participants' average number close friends from the pre-test to post-test evaluation. Girls will also self-report sources of emotional support such as comfort in discussing problems with a trusted female adult and comfort discussing topics such as education, marriage, puberty, pregnancy prevention, HIV/AIDS, and financial plans with caregivers | 12 months | |
Secondary | Change in baseline prevalence of physical abuse | This study will use a questionnaire to measure whether the percentage of girls who self-reported experiencing beatings within the past 12 months decreases between the pre-test and post-test evaluation | 12 months | |
Secondary | Change in baseline prevalence of early marriage | This study will use a questionnaire to measure changes in the percentage of girls who self-reported being married from the pre-test to post-test evaluation. | 12 months |
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