Creating opportunities through mentorship, parental involvement, and safe spaces (COMPASS) program: multi-country study protocol to protect girls from violence in humanitarian settings

Table 1 Key study characteristics by COMPASS country site

Site	Primary research question	Study design	Quantitative surveys	Quantitative sample size at baseline
Conflict-affected communities in Kabare and Uvira territories, South Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo	What is the incremental effectiveness of the parental curriculum, in addition to the core COMPASS programming, on improving girls’ safety and well-being?	Wait-list cluster randomized controlled trial + qualitative	10-12 year old CAPI survey^a	886 girls (10–14 years)
			13-14 year old CAPI + ACASI survey	777 primary caregivers for girls
			Caregiver survey	777 primary caregivers for girls
Refugee camps (Sherkole, Tongo, and Bambasi), Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Ethiopia	What is the overall effectiveness of the COMPASS program on improving girls’ safety and well-being, as compared to girls in the wait-list arm?	Wait-list cluster randomized controlled trial + qualitative	13-19 year old ACASI survey	919 girls (13–19 years)
Communities, and Jalozai camp in Khyber Paktunkwah Province, Pakistan	What is the overall acceptability and feasibility of COMPASS programming?	Pre-post test + qualitative	12-19 year old paper-based survey	208 girls (12–19 years)

^aThe 10–12 year old survey does not contain sensitive questions of sexual health

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