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Journal articles on the topic "Gambling harm"
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Palmer du Preez, Katie, Jason Landon, Laura Maunchline, and Rebecca Thurlow. "A Critical Analysis of Interventions for Women Harmed by Others’ Gambling." Critical Gambling Studies 2, no. 1 (May 19, 2021): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.29173/cgs76.
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At present, gambling studies literature has multiple understandings of family and others affected (FAOs) by gambling harm and their support needs in play, each with different possibilities and constraints for harm reduction engagement with women. Individual psychological approaches have been privileged, eschewing the social and relational situation of gambling and harm in women’s lives. In Australasia, the majority of those seeking support in relation to a significant others’ gambling are women. Gender has been posited as a shaping force in the social stratification system, distribution of resources, and gambling and harm within society. There has been minimal engagement with the lived experiences of FAOs, which limits gambling harm reduction service development and planning. This research critically engaged with gambling harm reduction studies for FAOs, alongside interviews with eight women FAOs who presented to community services from a social constructionist perspective. The aim was to provide insight into how women FAOs position themselves and their support needs in relation to gambling harm and recovery. Data was analysed using thematic analysis informed by feminist poststructuralist theories of language. Results suggested that this small group of women were subject to intersecting patriarchal constraints and economic determinants of gambling harm. Powerful normative and moral constructions of ‘good/bad’ mothers operated to individualise some women’s responsibility for addressing harm in families and to alienate these women from gambling support services. These findings suggest that gambling services must support women and families in ways that go beyond personal functioning, extending into the social and political conditions of possibility for harm and recovery. Critical psychology and coherent gender analysis may offer opportunities to expand the role of gambling support to include advocacy, community development, and more client-led and gender-aware practice with women affected by gambling harm.
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Dowling, Nicki A., Christopher J. Greenwood, Stephanie S. Merkouris, George J. Youssef, Matthew Browne, Matthew Rockloff, and Paul Myers. "The identification of Australian low-risk gambling limits: A comparison of gambling-related harm measures." Journal of Behavioral Addictions 10, no. 1 (April 16, 2021): 21–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/2006.2021.00012.
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AbstractBackground and aimsProblem gambling severity and gambling-related harm are closely coupled, but conceptually distinct, constructs. The primary aim was to compare low-risk gambling limits when gambling-related harm was defined using the negative consequence items of the Problem Gambling Severity Index (PGSI-Harm) and the Short Gambling Harms Scale items (SGHS-Harm). A secondary aim was compare low-risk limits derived using a definition of harm in which at least two harms across different domains (e.g. financial and relationship) were endorsed with a definition of harm in which at least two harms from any domain were endorsed.MethodsData were collected from dual-frame computer-assisted telephone interviews of 5,000 respondents in the fourth Social and Economic Impact Study (SEIS) of Gambling in Tasmania. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analyse were conducted to identify low-risk gambling limits.ResultsPGSI-Harm and SGHS-Harm definitions produced similar overall limits: 30–37 times per year; AUD$510–$544 per year; expenditure comprising no more than 10.2–10.3% of gross personal income; 400–454 minutes per year; and 2 types of gambling activities per year. Acceptable limits (AUC ≥0.70) were identified for horse/dog racing, keno, and sports/other betting using the PGSI definition; and electronic gaming machines, keno, and bingo using the SGHS definition. The requirement that gamblers endorse two or more harms across different domains had a relatively negligible effect.Discussion and conclusionsAlthough replications using alternative measures of harm are required, previous PGSI-based limits appear to be robust thresholds that have considerable potential utility in the prevention of gambling-related harm.
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Jeannot, Emilien, Jean Michel Costes, Cheryl Dickson, and Olivier Simon. "Revenue Associated With Gambling-Related Harm as a Putative Indicator for Social Responsibility: Results From the Swiss Health Survey." Journal of Gambling Issues, no. 48 (September 23, 2021): 122–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.4309/jgi.2021.48.6.
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Gambling behaviours represent a significant social and economic cost and an important public health problem. A putative index for monitoring gambling-related harm is a concentration of spending indicator that reports the proportion of gambling revenue derived from problem gambling. Using this indicator, we aimed to provide a first estimate of the proportion of gambling revenue associated with gambling-related harm in Switzerland according to the Swiss Health Survey. Data were obtained from the Swiss Health Survey 2017. The National Opinion Research Centre Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders – Loss of Control, Lying and Preoccupation (NODS-CLiP) screening tool was used as part of the questionnaire, and the study findings were evaluated to determine the prevalence of gambling-related harm. Self-reported spending on terrestrial and online gambling (including gaming tables, electronic gaming machines, lotteries, sports betting) during the past 12 months was then used to calculate the portion of gambling revenue derived from players experiencing harm. A total of 12,191 respondents were included. Gambling-related harm was reported by 3.10% of our sample, according to NODS-CLiP criteria. The findings showed that although 52% of people experiencing harm spend less than 100 francs per month on gambling, 31.3% of total spending is attributable to gambling-related harm. In addition to pre-existing national prevalence studies, data on spending should be made readily available by gambling operators and regulators, in keeping with their regulatory obligations. The revenue structure, according to gambling type, should also be provided, including data from third-party gambling operators. In an interdisciplinary effort to improve public health and consumer protection, organized national structural prevention measures should be developed and evaluated.
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Bramley, Stephanie, Caroline Norrie, and Jill Manthorpe. "Gambling-related harms and homelessness: findings from a scoping review." Housing, Care and Support 21, no. 1 (March 19, 2018): 26–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/hcs-02-2018-0003.
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Purpose People experiencing homelessness are being identified as a potentially vulnerable group in relation to gambling-related harm. The purpose of this paper is to explore the links between gambling-related harm and homelessness. Design/methodology/approach A scoping review of the English-language literature was conducted in 2016-2017 using a wide range of international sources. Qualitative content analysis was employed to code and identify key themes within the literature. Findings Five themes were identified: emerging knowledge about why people experiencing homelessness may participate in gambling; emerging knowledge about the prevalence of gambling within the homeless population; the likelihood that gambling-related harm is under-reported within the homeless population; emerging knowledge about the extent that people experiencing homelessness access gambling support services; and limited awareness about the potential impact of gambling participation among people experiencing homelessness. Originality/value The paper reviews research concerning the links between gambling, gambling-related harm and homelessness, which may be relevant to those working with people experiencing homelessness.
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Salonen, Anne H., Matilda Hellman, Tiina Latvala, and Sari Castrén. "Gambling participation, gambling habits, gambling-related harm, and opinions on gambling advertising in Finland in 2016." Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs 35, no. 3 (April 11, 2018): 215–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1455072518765875.
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Background: This report is an overview of results from the 2016 Finnish Gambling Harms Survey covering the population and clinical perspectives. It summarises the main findings on gambling participation, gambling habits, gambling-related harm, and opinions on gambling advertising. Methods: The population sample ( n = 7186) was collected from three regions and the clinical sample ( n = 119) in a gambling help clinic. Results: Frequency of gambling in the population sample was characteristically once a week, while in the clinical sample it was daily. Men gambled more often than women only in the population sample. The most common gambling environments were kiosks, grocery stores or supermarkets, and home. The most typical gambling-related harms were financial or emotional/psychological harms; the amount of experienced harm was considerable among the clinical sample. The clinical sample also perceived gambling advertising as obtrusive and as a driving force for gambling. Conclusions: The results of the clinical sample imply that when gambling gets out of hand, the distinctions between gamblers’ habits diminish and become more streamlined, focusing on gambling per se – doing it often, and in greater varieties (different game types). There is a heightened need to monitor gambling and gambling-related harm at the population level, especially amongst heavy consumers, in order to understand what type of external factors pertaining to policy and governance may contribute to the shift from recreational to problem gambling.
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Delfabbro, Paul, Daniel L. King, and Neophytos Georgiou. "Positive play and its relationship with gambling harms and benefits." Journal of Behavioral Addictions 9, no. 2 (June 2020): 363–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/2006.2020.00041.
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AbstractBackgroundEngagement in responsible or ‘positive play’ strategies is known to be negatively associated with problem gambling, as indexed by measures such as the Problem Gambling Severity Index (PGSI). Less is known about whether positive play is associated with reduced harm or a greater ability to enjoy the recreational benefits of gambling.AimsThis study investigated the relationship between positive play and gambling harm after controlling for PGSI scores and whether positive play moderated the relationship between PGSI scores and harm. It also examined whether positive play was related to perceived benefits associated with gambling.MethodsThe study utilised an online panel sample of 554 respondents who completed a survey that included the PGSI, measures of gambling harm drawn from Browne et al. (2016), and the newly developed Positive Play Scale (Wood et al., 2019). The study involved predominantly monthly gamblers with higher levels of gambling risk: 23% problem gamblers; 36% moderate risk; and 21% low risk gamblers.ResultsThe results indicated that positive play was negatively associated with reduced gambling harm. The behavioural Positive Play subscales relating to pre-commitment and honesty and control explained additional variation in harm after controlling for PGSI scores. Higher levels of positive play also moderated and reduced the relationship between the PGSI and gambling harm. Perceived benefits were, unexpectedly, found to be higher in problem gamblers and negatively related to positive play.ConclusionBehavioural measures of positive play appear to be useful moderating factors in understanding the relationship between problem gambling and harm. Higher-risk gamblers appear to experience both greater costs as well as benefits from gambling, which likely reflects a stronger personal need to engage in the activity.
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Murray Boyle, Cailem, Matthew Browne, Matthew Rockloff, and Tracy Flenady. "Opportunity Costs or Not? Validating the Short Gambling Harm Screen against a Set of “Unimpeachable” Negative Impacts." Journal of Clinical Medicine 10, no. 3 (February 2, 2021): 549. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm10030549.
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Assessing the harmful consequences of gambling is an area of active investigation. One measure intended to capture gambling-related harm is the 10-item short gambling harm screen (SGHS). Although good psychometric properties have been reported, it has been suggested that the screen’s less severe probes may not represent genuinely harmful consequences, but rather may reflect rational opportunity costs. Consequently, it has been argued that the screen may lead to overestimation of the extent of gambling-related harm in the population. The current study sought to examine the psychometric performance of three less severe suspect items in the SGHS. Associations between each of these items and a specially constructed scale of relatively severe “unimpeachable” gambling harms were calculated from archival data from 5551 Australian and New Zealand gamblers. All three suspect items, both individually and upon aggregation, predicted greater endorsement of “unimpeachable” harms, and indicated the presence of gambling problems. Moreover, the SGHS as a whole is highly correlated with “unimpeachable” gambling harms. Including suspect items in the SGHS was found to improve predictions of low- and moderate-risk gambling status, but slightly decreased predictions of severe gambling problems. The results are inconsistent with the notion that SGHS harm probes capture either inconsequential consequences or opportunity costs. They confirm prior findings that harm symptomatology is unidimensional, and that the report of multiple more prevalent, but less severe, harms serves as an effective indicator of the spectrum of experienced harm.
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LaPlante, Debi A., Heather M. Gray, Pat M. Williams, and Sarah E. Nelson. "An empirical review of gambling expansion and gambling-related harm." SUCHT 64, no. 5-6 (December 1, 2018): 295–306. http://dx.doi.org/10.1024/0939-5911/a000563.
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Abstract. Aims: To discuss and review the latest research related to gambling expansion. Method: We completed a literature review and empirical comparison of peer reviewed findings related to gambling expansion and subsequent gambling-related changes among the population. Results: Although gambling expansion is associated with changes in gambling and gambling-related problems, empirical studies suggest that these effects are mixed and the available literature is limited. For example, the peer review literature suggests that most post-expansion gambling outcomes (i. e., 22 of 34 possible expansion outcomes; 64.7 %) indicate no observable change or a decrease in gambling outcomes, and a minority (i. e., 12 of 34 possible expansion outcomes; 35.3 %) indicate an increase in gambling outcomes. Conclusions: Empirical data related to gambling expansion suggests that its effects are more complex than frequently considered; however, evidence-based intervention might help prepare jurisdictions to deal with potential consequences. Jurisdictions can develop and evaluate responsible gambling programs to try to mitigate the impacts of expanded gambling.
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Mohammed, Noor. "ইসলাম ও প্রচলিত আইনের দৃষ্টিতে জুয়া : একটি পর্যালোচনা|Gambling in the Perspective of Islam and Conventional Law : An Evaluation." ইসলামী আইন ও বিচার | Islami Ain O Bichar 19, no. 73 (May 2, 2023): 121–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.58666/iab.v19i73.241.
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Gambling is a controversial issue in many parts of the world and is one of the abominations declared by Islam. Despite being prohibited in Islam, gambling exists in various forms in Muslim-dominated Bangladesh and the gambling sector has been expanded in many ways. Gambling brings severe harm to a person in religious and worldly life. This paper sketches the holistic view of Islam on gambling through descriptive method and states its harmful effects in the context of Bangladesh. The article provides a good number of recommendations for the prevention of gambling through an analytical approach. This write up has demonstrated that gambling causes harm at individual, social and state level and through religious and social awareness as well as application of proper laws, this harm can be reduced to the ultimate level.
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David, Jennifer L., Samantha L. Thomas, Melanie Randle, Hannah Pitt, and Mike Daube. "Parent and child perceptions of gambling promotions in Australian sport." Health Promotion International 35, no. 2 (April 14, 2019): 362–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daz028.
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Abstract Gambling is recognized as a significant public health problem. However, there is little research exploring community attitudes towards gambling and the development of advocacy initiatives. Engaging adults and young people in advocacy efforts is recognized as being beneficial to the successful implementation of harm prevention and reduction strategies. This study explored the attitudes of young people and their parents towards the alignment of gambling with sport, and the strategies they perceive could be used to prevent and reduce gambling related harm. Using a Constructivist Grounded Theory approach, 30 family groups from Melbourne, Australia participated in semi-structured interviews. Parents and young people were asked about gambling and its promotion, alignment with sporting codes, the potential impact on young people and strategies that may prevent or reduce gambling harm. Thematic analysis was undertaken to interpret the data. The sample comprised 29 parents, one grandparent and 48 young people. Themes emerging from the data related to the use of imagery and appeal strategies in advertisements, the normalization of betting in advertisements and the alignment of betting with sport. Parents and young people also identified a number of potential gambling harm prevention and reduction initiatives. Parents and young people were able to describe a range of strategies used by gambling companies to promote their products, understand the potential impact of these strategies, and recommend strategies to reduce harm. Given this level of understanding there is clearly an opportunity to engage young people and stakeholders in advocacy initiatives aimed at reducing and preventing gambling harm.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Gambling harm"
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Malgorzata, Anna Carran. "Children and gambling : attitudes, behaviour, harm prevention and regulatory responses." Thesis, Queen Mary, University of London, 2015. http://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/12576.
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Gambling constitutes an inherent part of British cultural landscape but due to its potential to cause significant detriments it remains controversial. The Gambling Act 2005 liberalised the UK gambling industry and created an environment where commercial gambling, although regulated, can be offered within a relatively free market setting and its consumption can be stimulated by advertising. The task of the law is to provide a framework where the need for customer choice, a flourishing market, and the respect for private liberties can be adequately balanced with the duty to protect vulnerable individuals such as minors. The Gambling Act has been positioned as containing sufficient protective measures to prevent minors from being harmed by gambling but there is still a relative paucity of research that focuses specifically on how this regime affects this age group. This thesis fills some of the gaps by analysing whether the existing legal and regulatory framework reconciled the conflicting priorities adequately. It uniquely combines legal doctrinal analysis with empirical evidence collected from a sample of British pupils to expose that the liberalisation of gambling has brought severe limitations on protecting minors that are not sufficiently counterbalanced by existing measures. This thesis demonstrates that the legal definition of prohibited gambling does not incorporate all activities that may lead to gambling-related harm. While the age verification measures adopted by online gambling providers appear to be successful, young people continue to have easy access to gambling in land-based venues and are exposed to significant volumes of gambling advertising that appeals to them but these factors are not sufficiently compensated by any holistic regulatory strategy. However, the thesis indicates that the correlation between fun and real gambling games should not be attributed to overlaps in minor's motivations for engaging in either form or to minors' lack of accurate differentiation between them.
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Greenslade, Deborah. "Legitimising harm : A critical ethnography of gambling in a community." Thesis, Federation University Australia, 2013. http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/81615.
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This thesis reports on a community study which explored the relationship between a small rural community and its club based poker machines. That enquiry aimed to broaden the general research focus from the dominant conceptualisation of individual gambling pathology to a community-level analysis. The theoretical and epistemological stance was also shifted, away from positivism (with its focus on measurable cause/effects), towards a critical constructionist approach. Employing ethnography, the research comprised extended community engagement, observation, document analysis and 51 individual interviews. Critical theory was applied to issues of ideology, discourse and power associated with poker machine gambling within the macro sociopolitical and local community contexts. The study found that, despite significant opposition, poker machines inveigled their way into this community with the support of powerful economic and political forces and influential club members. Location of the machines within an established club embedded them within networks of community relationships. Disbursement of community benefit ensnared many community members as beneficiaries of poker machine losses and rendered them complicit in gambling harms. The research identified that at times community ideology and interests acted as a powerful force against the establishment and expansion of poker machine gambling. Conversely, community ideology and interests also acted to legitimate the presence and operation of poker machines and to suppress opposition. This reflects the complex and contested nature of the construct of community. Reproduction of dominant gambling discourses, including those which frame gambling harm as pathology and an issue of individual responsibility, operate to conceal and condone gambling harms. These discourses marginalise and disempower community members harmed by gambling, while legitimating the club’s deployment of poker machines. This has helped to maintain existing arrangements and to support the shared and powerful interests of the state, the gambling industry, and venues.Doctor of Philosophy
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Yockey, Robert A. B. S. "School Factors and Psychosocial Correlates to Gambling among Adolescents." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin162323967054435.
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Pyle, Edward Iain. "An exploration of how agency and socio-cultural milieu support greater or lesser controlled gambling and recovery from gambling addiction." Thesis, University of Plymouth, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/9484.
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Most gamblers never experience addiction and the majority of those who do eventually recover. This thesis investigates how most maintain control over their gambling and how the majority of those who do experience gambling addiction regain control. Findings are based on 25 qualitative semi-structured interviews with participants who fit one of three ideal-type groups: (i) gamblers who have never experienced addiction; (ii) gamblers who have regained control after experience of gambling addiction; and (iii) gamblers experiencing addiction at time of interview. Participants were recruited who had never engaged in formal treatment because existing research suggests most who experience gambling addiction and/or recovery never to do so. This study is underpinned by a synthesis of Bourdieusian theory and Foucauldian-inspired governmentality literature which was used to guide the thesis and help explain gambling behaviour. Taking a Foucauldian genealogical approach, the dominant theory of addiction as a biomedical disorder is critiqued and revealed to be myth. Instead, (gambling) addiction is demonstrated to be a social construction which becomes embodied within individuals and thereby influences gambling behaviour. Consequentially, it is shown that research concerning substance use is applicable to the investigation of gambling behaviours. Given paucity of gambling research, substance-related literature is drawn upon throughout the thesis. Attention is given to research demonstrating regulation over drug use to be influenced by the social settings in which consumption takes place as well as the wider social and cultural milieus in which the lives of actors are embedded. Moreover, particular appreciation is given to literature indicating recovery from addiction to be supported by shifts in socio-cultural milieu. In contrast to most existing addictions/gambling research, the agential capacities of gamblers to shape their own behaviours, albeit in ways heavily constrained by context (or ‘structure’) are emphasised throughout the thesis. Data revealed various gambling-related strategies to help constrain gambling and minimise harm. These are examined and it is recommended that this knowledge could be used to aid development of more effective ‘harm-reduction’ style interventions and policies in ways which support less harmful patterns of gambling behaviour. However, although valuable, those with greater control tended to rely little on such strategies to manage their gambling. Instead, greater control over gambling and recovery from gambling addiction was found to have less to do with how participants gamble (e.g. whether or not they followed harm-reduction strategies) and far more to do with the wider, non-gambling-related, aspects of their lives and the nature of their subjectivities/dispositions. Principally influential were found to be the qualities of interviewees’ socio-cultural milieus. Alongside gambling, those with greater control tended to participate in non-gambling-related communities with attendant ways of thinking and cultural expectations (values/norms) that marginalise (heavier) gambling. Drawing on Bourdieusian and Foucauldian governmentality theory, it is argued that, because of their day-to-day participation in such communities/milieus, those with greater control embody mentalities and expectations which discourage riskier gambling behaviour. This, in turn, results in more ‘prudential’ subjectivities which discourage problematic gambling behaviour. Participants who had experienced recovery and many of those who had never experienced addiction revealed long-term reductions in gambling behaviour. Findings suggested these reductions (as well as recovery) to be supported by social and cultural processes, occurring over the life-course, which encourage increased participation in more ‘conventional’ life/milieus and thereby promote alterations in subjectivities in ways more conducive to control. A dual approach to discouraging problematic gambling behaviour is recommended. Although it is important to promote ‘safer’ ways of gambling (e.g. through promotion of harm-reduction style interventions and by designing gambling environments in ways to support greater constraint), it is also imperative to support the development of lives/milieus and subjectivities more conducive to control (e.g. participation in ‘conventional’ life and access to resources required to do so).
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Caillon, Julie. "Jeu d’argent pathologique : évaluation et implications cliniques de la politique de jeu responsable menée en France : cas particulier des jeux de hasard et d’argent sur Internet." Thesis, Paris 10, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018PA100175.
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Les jeux de hasard et d’argent sur Internet présentent des caractéristiques addictogènes particulièrement à risque de perte de contrôle. Ainsi, en 2017, 13% des joueurs français sur Internet étaient considérés comme des joueurs excessifs ce qui était supérieur aux pratiques hors ligne. On assiste également à une augmentation de nouvelles pratiques de jeux d’argent sur Internet comme les activités de trading sur Internet. Pour protéger les joueurs les plus vulnérables, l’état en lien avec les opérateurs de jeu propose une politique dite de jeu responsable qui intègre plusieurs mesures de réduction des risques comme la mise en place de modérateurs de jeu sur Internet. Cependant, il existe très peu de preuves scientifiques démontrant l’efficacité de cette politique.L’objectif de notre travail était donc de faire le point sur la politique de jeu responsable menée en France, en s’intéressant plus particulièrement à la prévention des conduites à risque pour les jeux de hasard et d’argent en ligne et à l’efficacité des outils de réduction des risques.Les travaux de recherche présentés ont démontré que les modérateurs de jeu avaient un intérêt dans la réduction des risques associés à la pratique des jeux d’argent sur Internet. Leur efficacité semble varier en fonction du statut du joueur et du type de jeu pratiqué. Cependant, ils étaient sous-utilisés par les joueurs et de nombreuses pratiques sur Internet comme le trading ne rentrait pas dans le cadre de régulation actuel. Des modifications de la politique de jeu responsable en France doivent donc être discutées afin d’orienter la politique de jeu responsable de manière efficaceOnline gambling is more addictive compared with offline gambling. Thus, among the Internet gamblers in 2017, 13% were problem gamblers which were superior to offline practices. We also observed an increase in new online gambling practices such as internet trading. To prevent risks associated with online gambling, French jurisdiction regulates the gambling market and proposes a responsible gambling policy to protect the most vulnerable gamblers. Several harm reduction measures have been put in place such as the introduction of self-exclusion strategies or self-limitations. Despite the importance of these responsible gambling strategies, there is very little scientific evidence to demonstrate the effectiveness of this policy.The objective of our work was to discuss the responsible gambling policy conducted in France, focusing in particular on the prevention of online gambling addiction and the effectiveness of harm-minimization tools. The studies presented demonstrated that gambling moderators as a temporary self-exclusion of gambling site could be effective in limiting gambling behavior by modifying cognitive distortions and craving. The effectiveness of harm-minimization tools seems to vary according to the gambler status (at-risk or excessive gambler) and the type of gambling. However, results indicated that gambling moderators were underused by gamblers. Moreover, many internet practices such as trading did not fit into the current regulatory framework. Changes in the responsible gambling policy in France must be discussed. It is essential that the discussions are based on scientific researches in order to guide the responsible gambling strategy with effectiveness
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(9821726), Cailem Murray Boyle. "Measurement of gambling-related harm." Thesis, 2022. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Measurement_of_gambling-related_harm/22301230.
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The Short Gambling Harm Screen (SGHS) is currently the most frequently used dedicated measure of gambling-related harm (GRH). Despite evidence of robust psychometric properties, concerns have been raised about the validity of the scale. Specifically, several prominent researchers have suggested several SGHS items may not depict ‘genuine’ harms – instead reflecting either rational opportunity costs or mere engagement in alternative activities. As the SGHS is designed to measure GRH at a population-level, an over-estimation of harm may have serious ramifications for policy development and resource allocation. A research project was undertaken to probe the validity of the SGHS. A retrospective quantitative analysis of survey data from Australian adults was conducted to answer various hypotheses drawn from these questions. Two novel research articles present the findings of these investigations. These articles comprise the substantive chapters (2-3) of this thesis. In Article I, we sought to determine whether the SGHS – and constituent items – predicted gambling harms that were ‘unimpeachably’ harmful, i.e., items that conservatively reflected ‘genuine’ harm. We found strong concordance between the SGHS and a novel scale consisting entirely of ‘unimpeachable’ harms. In Article II, we tested whether the SGHS predicted external benchmarks of harm. We found that higher scores on the SGHS – as well as endorsement of any individual constituent item – predicted both lower wellbeing and higher psychological distress. Results from both studies indicate that SGHS scores predict changes in benchmarks that would be expected of a measure that captured GRH. More research is required to determine whether question-ordering and other contextual elements affect replicability of these findings across different cohorts and jurisdictions. In conclusion, this program of research supports the validity of the SGHS as a population screen for GRH.
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Markham, Francis. "An investigation of the spatial patterning of gambling-related harm and the total consumption theory of gambling." Phd thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/147215.
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Gambling is an important public health issue in Australia.
According to recent estimates, gambling-related harm is the third
largest contributor to the burden of disability in the state of
Victoria, measured in terms of disability-adjusted life years.
The gambling product most associated with gambling-related harm
in Australia is the electronic gaming machine (EGM), which
accounts for over half of all Australian gambling expenditure.
Around 30 per cent of weekly EGM gamblers experience moderate or
severe adverse impacts from their gambling.
This thesis consists of six studies on the spatial distribution
of the impacts of electronic gaming machines (EGMs) and the
relationship between EGM losses and problem gambling. All have
been published or were accepted for publication in peer-reviewed
academic journals at the time of submission.
Jointly, these studies developed theoretical and methodological
tools to advance the production of small area estimates of
gambling-related harm, as well as beginning the exploration of
its consequences. The six studies in this thesis can be grouped
into three inter-linked themes that contribute to this aim in
different ways.
Two studies are concerned with developing the applied and
methodological tools for investigating the spatial distribution
of problem gambling. The first of these studies presents a
calibrated Huff model of the spatial behaviour of gamblers. The
second of these uses the Huff model to refine spatial
microsimulation derived small area estimates of the prevalence of
problem gambling. Together, they provide a toolkit for estimating
the local impacts of EGMs.
Three studies provide the theoretical underpinning of the thesis
by investigating the relationship between gambling losses and
problem gambling at the scales of the individual, the EGM venue
and state or territory. In order to develop the methods for
investigating the spatial distribution of problem gambling, a
sustained engagement was required with Total Consumption Theory
in the context of gambling. These studies find a consistent
relationship between EGM losses and the risk of harm at all
spatial scales. At the scale of the individual, there is no
evidence to support a J-shaped dose-response relationship,
meaning that risk of gambling problems increases monotonically
with money lost.
A final study estimates the spatio-temporal correlation between
EGM accessibility and a single gambling-related harm, domestic
violence. Whereas research in the earlier phases of this project
sought to estimate the distribution of ‘problem gambling’ as
an outcome measure, phase four seeks to measure the relationship
between EGM accessibility and specific gambling-related harms
directly. In this instance, the spatial association between EGMs
and police-recorded domestic violence incidents is investigated
in Victorian postcodes over a ten-year period. A significant
spatio-temporal association between these two variables is found,
providing evidence of a link between EGM gambling and violence.
This study concludes that future research might usefully explore
the spatio-temporal co-occurrence of EGM gambling and specific
gambling-related harms to better understand the social and health
impacts of EGM gambling.
The research developed in this thesis has contributed toward
bringing knowledge of the geography of the impacts of EGMs closer
to that of cognate public health issues. While Total Consumption
Theory was developed in the context of gambling to underpin the
production of local area estimates that incorporate gambling
consumption as a risk factor, the findings in this section have
broader implications for gambling regulation. More broadly, the
approaches developed in this thesis and the research findings
have the potential to contribute to improving the regulation of
EGMs and thereby reduce the incidence of gambling-related harms.
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Monnye, Segoane Lawrence. "Towards the regulation of interactive gambling : an analysis of the gambling regulatory framework in South Africa." Diss., 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/21154.
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With the exception of horse racing, any form of gambling was criminalised in South Africa until the dawn of constitutional democracy in 1994. In the same year, the Lotteries and Gambling Board Act, 1993, came into force decriminalising, amongst others, casinos and gambling games within the Republic. This Act has since been repealed and gambling is governed by the National Gambling Act, 2004, as well as by provincial gambling laws. Interactive / online gambling is illegal pending authorisation by a national legislation. Such legislation, the National Gambling Amendment Act, 2008, seeking to regulate interactive gambling awaits proclamation of the date of its commencement by the President. The National Gambling Policy, 2016, dashes any hope of regulation of interactive gambling, however, as it seeks to embargo the introduction of (new) forms of gambling, including but not limited to interactive gambling. The scourge of problem gambling and the protection of traditional forms of gambling, that is, casinos, are the main reasons for advocating for the continued prohibition of interactive gambling.
Problem gambling is not unique to interactive gambling, but affects all modes of gambling. South Africa is among countries with a high rate of problem gambling. It is feared that interactive gambling will exacerbate the scourge of problem gambling as gamblers with access to the internet will now have unlimited gambling opportunities around the clock. On the other hand, interactive gambling offers practical solutions to the implementation of harm minimisation strategies to deal with problem gambling such as limitations on gambling deposits, losses and time.
Prohibition of interactive gambling is difficult to enforce and deprives the country of an opportunity to control, through licensing, this mode of gambling and possible benefit from taxation and licensing fees. It further exposes gamblers – who despite prohibition choose this mode of gambling – to unregulated and illegal gambling websites. This thesis attempts to provide safeguards for regulation of interactive gambling and to embrace the benefits of the technological development that makes interactive gambling a reality. The United Kingdom (UK) is a prime example of a country that has successfully legalised and licensed interactive gambling in its jurisdiction.Criminal and Procedural Law
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Books on the topic "Gambling harm"
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New Zealand. Parliament. House of Representatives. Complaints regarding regulation 8 of the Gambling (Harm Prevention and Minimisation) Regulations 2004. Wellington, N.Z.]: New Zealand House of Representatives, 2005.
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Bowden-Jones, Henrietta, Cheryl Dickson, Caroline Dunand, and Olivier Simon, eds. Harm Reduction for Gambling. Routledge, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429490750.
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Harm Reduction for Problem Gambling. Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.
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Simon, Olivier, Henrietta Bowden-Jones, Cheryl Dickson, and Caroline Dunand. Harm Reduction for Problem Gambling. Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.
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Simon, Olivier, Henrietta Bowden-Jones, Cheryl Dickson, and Caroline Dunand. Harm Reduction for Gambling: A Public Health Approach. Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.
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Simon, Olivier, Henrietta Bowden-Jones, Cheryl Dickson, and Caroline Dunand. Harm Reduction for Gambling: A Public Health Approach. Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.
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Simon, Olivier, Henrietta Bowden-Jones, Cheryl Dickson, and Caroline Dunand. Harm Reduction for Gambling: A Public Health Approach. Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.
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Simon, Olivier, Henrietta Bowden-Jones, Cheryl Dickson, and Caroline Dunand. Harm Reduction for Gambling: A Public Health Approach. Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.
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O'Connor, John, and Mark Dickerson. Gambling as an Addictive Behaviour: Impaired Control, Harm Minimisation, Treatment and Prevention. Cambridge University Press, 2011.
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John, O'Connor, and Mark Dickerson. Gambling as an Addictive Behaviour: Impaired Control, Harm Minimisation, Treatment and Prevention. Cambridge University Press, 2006.
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Järvinen-Tassopoulos, Johanna. "State-Owned Gambling Operation in a Global Competitive Environment." In The Global Gambling Industry, 27–40. Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-35635-4_3.
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AbstractThis qualitative study examines what factors and measures may contribute to the success of a state-owned gambling company online. As each jurisdiction restricts online gambling offer and demand according to domestic legislation, there are few tools to limit the competition of online operators.In order to understand how different stakeholders want to limit online competition and preserve the benefits guaranteed by a monopolistic gambling system, thematic interviews (N = 17) were conducted among the state-owned gambling company Veikkaus’ representatives and among public servants engaged in gambling regulation, ownership steering, the prevention of gambling harm, or the distribution and reception of gambling proceeds. Chantal Mouffe’s theorisation on ‘antagonism’ and ‘agonism’ is used to examine the impact of competition of these stakeholders.The results show that the challenges of the Finnish state-owned gambling operator were related to competition (e.g., losing customers and proceeds to international competitors) and to regulation (e.g., channelling gambling and preventing gambling harms). The results also indicated that Veikkaus’ representatives seem to have an agonistic relationship with the regulators and the public servants interested in prevention of gambling harms. The only antagonism found in this study is based on the conflicting power relations of Veikkaus and the international online gambling companies.
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Reith, Gerda, and Heather Wardle. "The Framing of Gambling and the Commercial Determinants of Harm: Challenges for Regulation in the UK." In The Global Gambling Industry, 71–86. Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-35635-4_6.
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AbstractThis article argues that the framing of gambling is crucial for how it is dealt with at every level; from legislative, regulatory and commercial practice to the terms of media and civic debate. Whoever frames the debate has power over the ways that we can and cannot think about gambling, as well as what we can do about it.We take the example of Britain as a case study in which, despite recent repeated calls for gambling to be regarded as a public health issue, it continues to be framed primarily in terms of economic activity and consumerism. We argue that this framing is the product of a particular political-economic model and that it is embedded in legislation and regulatory practice. We go on to describe the commercial landscape of gambling that has been produced by this framework as one which produces harm. As such, we make the point that framing is a key component of the commercial determinants of harm in gambling. The final section of our paper considers the various forms of political and commercial influence that infiltrate and shape the framing of gambling in Britain. This work was funded by Wellcome Trust through a Humanities and Social Sciences Fellowship to Heather Wardle (grant number: 200306).
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Parapar, Javier, Patricia Martín-Rodilla, David E. Losada, and Fabio Crestani. "eRisk 2021: Pathological Gambling, Self-harm and Depression Challenges." In Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 650–56. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72240-1_76.
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Cooper, Andrew F. "The US Takes a Hard Line: Stigmatizing the Internet Gambling Industry." In Internet Gambling Offshore, 40–65. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230307766_3.
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Lelonek-Kuleta, Bernadeta. "Gambling in the Life of Older Women – Benefits, Harms, and Social Perception." In Behavioural Addiction in Women, 241–48. London: Routledge, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003203476-31.
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Bakhtiariziabari, Masoumeh, and Mohsen Ghafoorian. "Gambling Adversarial Nets for Hard Sample Mining and Structured Prediction: Application in Ultrasound Thyroid Nodule Segmentation." In Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, 513–22. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59861-7_52.
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Adams, Peter J. "Gambling and Democracy." In Harm Reduction for Gambling, 5–13. Routledge, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429490750-2.
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Derevensky, Jeffrey L., and Lynette Gilbeau. "Adolescent Gambling." In Treating and Preventing Adolescent Mental Health Disorders, 571–84. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med-psych/9780199928163.003.0027.
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As a result of gambling’s general social acceptability, increased availability, and new online accessibility, and gambling has increased among youth. Adolescents represent a high-risk, vulnerable group for developing gambling problems. While youth with gambling problems typically do not present in the same way as adults, they nevertheless experience a host of negative consequences associated with excessive gambling. This chapter reviews risk and protective factors, screening, and treatment strategies for gambling problems among adolescents and highlights the importance of harm minimization through prevention strategies. Education and social policy implications are provided.
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Brodeur, Magaly. "Public Health and Gambling." In Harm Reduction for Gambling, 112–19. Routledge, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429490750-12.
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Griffiths, Mark D. "Behavioural Tracking in Gambling." In Harm Reduction for Gambling, 128–39. Routledge, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429490750-14.
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Goyder, Elizabeth, Ellen McGrane, Heather Wardle, Mark Clowes, Lindsay Blank, Robert Pryce, and Matthew Field. "OP35 The relationship between exposure to gambling-related advertising and attitudes, behaviour and gambling-related harms." In Society for Social Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting Abstracts. BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2022-ssmabstracts.35.
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Blank, L., S. Baxter, H. Buckley Woods, and E. Goyder. "P86 Mapping interventions to reduce the public health burden of gambling related harms." In Society for Social Medicine and Population Health Annual Scientific Meeting 2020, Hosted online by the Society for Social Medicine & Population Health and University of Cambridge Public Health, 9–11 September 2020. BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2020-ssmabstracts.178.
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Hilbrecht, Margo, Sally M. Gainsbury, Nassim Tabri, Michael J. A. Wohl, Silas Xuereb, Jeffrey L. Derevensky, Simone N. Rodda, McKnight Sheila, Voll Jess, and Gottvald Brittany. Prevention and education evidence review: Gambling-related harm. Edited by Margo Hilbrecht. Greo, September 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.33684/2021.006.
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This report supports an evidence-based approach to the prevention and education objective of the National Strategy to Reduce Harm from Gambling. Applying a public health policy lens, it considers three levels of measures: universal (for the benefit of the whole population), selective (for the benefit of at-risk groups), and indicated (for the benefit of at-risk individuals). Six measures are reviewed by drawing upon a range of evidence in the academic and grey literature. The universal level measures are “Regulatory restriction on how gambling is provided” and “Population-based safer gambling/responsible gambling efforts.” Selective measures focus on age cohorts in a chapter entitled, “Targeted safer gambling campaigns for children, youth, and older adults.” The indicated measures are “Brief internet delivered interventions for gambling,” “Systems and tools that produced actual (‘hard’) barriers and limit access to funds,” and “Self-exclusion.” Since the quantity and quality of the evidence base varied by measure, appropriate review methods were selected to assess publications using a systematic, scoping, or narrative approach. Some measures offered consistent findings regarding the effectiveness of interventions and initiatives, while others were less clear. Unintended consequences were noted since it is important to be aware of unanticipated, negative consequences resulting from prevention and education activities. After reviewing the evidence, authors identified knowledge gaps that require further research, and provided guidance for how the findings could be used to enhance the prevention and education objective. The research evidence is supplemented by consultations with third sector charity representatives who design and implement gambling harm prevention and education programmes. Their insights and experiences enhance, support, or challenge the academic evidence base, and are shared in a separate chapter. Overall, research evidence is limited for many of the measures. Quality assessments suggest that improvements are needed to support policy decisions more fully. Still, opportunities exist to advance evidence-based policy for an effective gambling harm prevention and education plan.
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Reid, Andrew. Tackling gambling harm to improve health equity in New South Wales. Centre for Health Equity Training, Research and Evaluation, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.53714/igoo2131.
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Hilbrecht, Margo, David Baxter, Alexander V. Graham, and Maha Sohail. Research Expertise and the Framework of Harms: Social Network Analysis, Phase One. GREO, December 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.33684/2020.006.
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In 2019, the Gambling Commission announced a National Strategy to Reduce Gambling Harms. Underlying the strategy is the Framework of Harms, outlined in Measuring gambling-related harms: A framework for action. "The Framework" adopts a public health approach to address gambling-related harm in Great Britain across multiple levels of measurement. It comprises three primary factors and nine related subfactors. To advance the National Strategy, all componentsneed to be supported by a strong evidence base. This report examines existing research expertise relevant to the Framework amongacademics based in the UK. The aim is to understand the extent to which the Framework factors and subfactors have been studied in order to identify gaps in expertise and provide evidence for decision making thatisrelevant to gambling harms research priorities. A social network analysis identified coauthor networks and alignment of research output with the Framework. The search strategy was limited to peer-reviewed items and covered the 12-year period from 2008 to 2019. Articles were selected using a Web of Science search. Of the 1417 records identified in the search, the dataset was refined to include only those articles that could be assigned to at least one Framework factor (n = 279). The primary factors and subfactors are: Resources:Work and Employment, Money and Debt, Crime;Relationships:Partners, Families and Friends, Community; and Health:Physical Health, Psychological Distress, and Mental Health. We used Gephi software to create visualisations reflecting degree centrality (number of coauthor networks) so that each factor and subfactor could be assessed for the density of research expertise and patterns of collaboration among coauthors. The findings show considerable variation by framework factor in the number of authors and collaborations, suggesting a need to develop additional research capacity to address under-researched areas. The Health factor subcategory of Mental Health comprised almost three-quarters of all citations, with the Resources factor subcategory of Money and Debt a distant second at 12% of all articles. The Relationships factor, comprised of two subfactors, accounted for less than 10%of total articles. Network density varied too. Although there were few collaborative networks in subfactors such as Community or Work and Employment, all Health subfactors showed strong levels of collaboration. Further, some subfactors with a limited number of researchers such as Partners, Families, and Friends and Money and debt had several active collaborations. Some researchers’ had publications that spanned multiple Framework factors. These multiple-factor researchers usually had a wide range of coauthors when compared to those who specialised (with the exception of Mental Health).Others’ collaborations spanned subfactors within a factor area. This was especially notable forHealth. The visualisations suggest that gambling harms research expertise in the UK has considerable room to grow in order to supporta more comprehensive, locally contextualised evidence base for the Framework. To do so, priority harms and funding opportunities will need further consideration. This will require multi-sector and multidisciplinary collaboration consistent with the public health approach underlying the Framework. Future research related to the present analysis will explore the geographic distribution of research activity within the UK, and research collaborations with harms experts internationally.
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Baxter, Carling. Gambling prevalence and problem gambling in LGBTQ2+ communities. Greo, June 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.33684/2022.001.
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The brief outlines existing research on gambling among LGBTQ2+ communities. There is little research related to gambling and gambling harms within this community. Key findings in the brief include: Members of LGBTQ2+ communities are at greater risk problem gambling and gambling-related harms Sexual minority men gamble less often and spend less money when compared to heterosexual men Sexual minority women are at greater risk of problem gambling when compared to heterosexual women Experiencing stigma is associated with problem gambling and gambling harms among LGBTQ2+ individuals This brief can provide a starting point for further study on gambling within LGBTQ2+ communities.
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Theory of change: Don’t Bet Your Life On It. Greo, June 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.33684/2021.005.
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Gambling-related harms are increasingly recognised as a significant public health issue in Great Britain. The vast majority of those experiencing gambling harms remain unidentified and without support. Don't Bet Your Life On It (DBYLOI) blends lived experience and clinical expertise to deliver practical safer gambling strategies virtually for players that can be accessed anytime and anywhere to prevent any life from being needlessly affected by gambling-related harm. It is designed to support players at any level of play by providing players with a “seat belt” to prevent harms from occurring, identify early signs of risk, and signpost those experiencing harms to get the help they need. This theory of change visual and narrative considers the inputs, activities, outputs, and outcomes necessary to achieve these goals. It can be used by organizations, groups, and individuals in any sector impacted by gambling related harms in Great Britain.
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Theory of change: Bet You Can Help. Addiction Recovery Agency, Beacon Counselling Trust, June 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.33684/2021.004.
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Gambling-related harms are a significant public health issue in Great Britain. These harms are often underrecognized and most people who experience harms go without support. Under the leadership of Addiction recovery Agency (Ara) and Beacon Counselling Trust (BCT), the Bet You Can Help (BYCH) programme is filling the need for place-based education and training to identify and address gambling related harms. The BYCH programme is a community first aid model for safer gambling that promotes the early identification of people who are at risk of gambling related harms. Offered as a Level 2 Qualification through the Royal Society of Public Health, this programme aims to reduce harms and prevent lives being lost from gambling related harms in Great Britain. This theory of change considers the inputs, activities, outputs, and outcomes necessary to achieve these goals. It can be used by organizations, groups, and individuals in any sector impacted by gambling related harms in Great Britain.