Table 1 The EVE Project objectives and design components
Objectives | Design Components | Methods |
|---|---|---|
To co-create ethical guidelines for violence prevention research and intervention in collaboration with high-prevalence communities | 1. Developing ethical guidelines | Semi-standardised interviews Participatory hermeneutic analysis |
To establish the causal mechanisms for how community participation prevents VAWG in high-prevalence settings | 2. Developing theories of change | Stories of change as case studies Collaborative thematic analysis |
To develop, validate and feasibility-test new tools for assessing VAWG prevalence in high-prevalence settings | 3. Outcome measurement | Participatory listing/ ranking exercises Focus group discussions |
To co-create an intervention in collaboration with high-prevalence communities | 4. Participatory Community-led Intervention Development (PCID) | Participatory action research workshops and activity testing |