Co-STARS: a feasibility evaluation of a co-produced mental health literacy training package to reduce mental health inequities for Black young people in underserved communities – study protocol for a randomised controlled trial with an external pilot, process evaluation and economic analysis

Balachandran Kumarendran, Elizabeth Cherrington, Siddhartha Bandyopadhyay, Francesca Crowe, Katarzyna Karolina Machaczek, Luke Brown, Niyah Campbell, Gerald Jordan, Megan A Pope, Milan Antonović, Matthew Taylor, Nadia W, Ayan Mahamud, Joht Singh Chandan, Sian Lowri Griffiths

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DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-103120
Published: 2026-03
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@article{allodium:10.1136/bmjopen-2025-103120,
  title = {Co-STARS: a feasibility evaluation of a co-produced mental health literacy training package to reduce mental health inequities for Black young people in underserved communities – study protocol for a randomised controlled trial with an external pilot, process evaluation and economic analysis},
  author = {Balachandran Kumarendran and Elizabeth Cherrington and Siddhartha Bandyopadhyay and Francesca Crowe and Katarzyna Karolina Machaczek and Luke Brown and Niyah Campbell and Gerald Jordan and Megan A Pope and Milan Antonović and Matthew Taylor and Nadia W and Ayan Mahamud and Joht Singh Chandan and Sian Lowri Griffiths},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {BMJ Open},
  doi = {10.1136/bmjopen-2025-103120},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-103120}
}

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AU  - Balachandran Kumarendran
AU  - Elizabeth Cherrington
AU  - Siddhartha Bandyopadhyay
AU  - Francesca Crowe
AU  - Katarzyna Karolina Machaczek
AU  - Luke Brown
AU  - Niyah Campbell
AU  - Gerald Jordan
AU  - Megan A Pope
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AU  - Matthew Taylor
AU  - Nadia W
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AU  - Joht Singh Chandan
AU  - Sian Lowri Griffiths
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Kumarendran, B., Cherrington, E., Bandyopadhyay, S., Crowe, F., Machaczek, K. K., Brown, L., Campbell, N., Jordan, G., Pope, M. A., Antonović, M., Taylor, M., W, N., Mahamud, A., Chandan, J. S., & Griffiths, S. L. (2026). Co-STARS: a feasibility evaluation of a co-produced mental health literacy training package to reduce mental health inequities for Black young people in underserved communities – study protocol for a randomised controlled trial with an external pilot, process evaluation and economic analysis. BMJ Open. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-103120

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