Systematic Tailored Assessment for Responding to Suicidality Protocol for Young People (STARS-Yp): Lived Experience Co-design and Evaluation
In this course, Dr. Jacinta Hawgood explains how the STARS-Yp protocol was co-designed and adapted to improve suicide risk assessment and care for young people aged 16–24. Drawing on lived experience and multi-stakeholder collaboration, the course explores how employing youth-friendly language, enquiring into psychosocial needs, and making shared decisions shape a new best-practice framework for engaging youth in crisis.
About this course
In this course, Associate Professor Dr. Jacinta Hawgood, Program Director of Suicidology at Griffith University, introduces STARS-Yp (Systematic Tailored Assessment for Responding to Suicidality – Youth Protocol), a groundbreaking, co-designed suicide prevention protocol tailored for youth aged 16–24. The course examines the rationale and collaborative design process behind the protocol’s development, highlighting clinical limitations of traditional risk stratification and the importance of needs-based, youth-validated language. Real-world implementation examples, stakeholder perspectives, and reflections on digital integration underscore the protocol’s clinical value in enhancing engagement, safety, and dignity for young people experiencing suicidal distress.
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