Harm Reduction Strategies For Gambling
The first framework includes the three strands of harm minimisation: (i) supply reduction (strategies that aim to reduce or disrupt the supply and availability of gambling opportunities), (ii) demand reduction (strategies that aim to reduce the desire to gamble and prevent or reduce initiation of problematic gambling), and (iii) harm reduction (strategies that aim to reduce potential harmful impacts of gambling). Harm minimisation campaigns are informed by gaming research, including the Queensland household gambling survey. This survey identifies changes in gambling behaviours, at risk demographics, and assesses impacts in the broader gambling regulatory environment at a community level. Gambling- related harm; majority wishes vs individual freedom). An optimal strategy will be comprehensive and collaborative between government, industry and service providers, taking account of the needs and interests of all three but never subordinating. Given that gambling is clearly a public health issue, a similar framework should be developed in line with the independent knowledge base of gambling harm, and consistent with public health advocacy strategies. 35, 64, 77 This would provide an avenue for gambling harm to be recognised as both a societal and a global problem. The only way to remove the risk completely is not to gamble at all. However, if you choose to gamble, there are ways that you can lower the risk. Consider the following steps to keep your gambling safe. Set limits on the amount of money and time spent gambling.
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- Synopsis
- This edited volume aims to facilitate the evolution of the new public health approach towards gambling. Bringing together the work of international experts, it gives a current overview of the field, highlighting the need for a coordinated framework of prevention and harm reduction measures to replace current 'player protection' measures. Chapters begin by exploring the impact of problem gambling, looking at its effects on several levels, ranging from the individual to the family and society. Subsequently an overview of prevention and harm reduction models is presented, bringing the reader to an in-depth understanding of what a public health approach to gambling would entail. Later chapters focus on potential challenges to monitoring and evaluation, inviting the reader to envisage possible barriers towards implementation and ways of overcoming these. The book concludes with recommendations on how to take a harm reduction approach, from a political and human rights perspective. This work gives a rare synopsis of the present-day issues when considering the implementation of a harm reduction strategy for gambling. Recent work by key professionals is presented in order to encourage further developments in this ever-changing domain. Such issues will be relevant to all those with an interest in the field of problem gambling, from clinicians, students and healthcare professionals, to politicians.
- Copyright:
- 2020
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- ISBN-13:
- 9780429955846
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780429490750, 9781138590953, 9781138590939, 9781138590939, 9781138590953
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Date of Addition:
- 12/20/19
- Copyrighted By:
- selection and editorial matter, Henrietta Bowden-Jones, Cheryl Dickson, Caroline Dunand and Olivier Simon
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
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- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Psychology
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- Edited by:
- Olivier Simon
- Edited by:
- Caroline Dunand
- Edited by:
- Cheryl Dickson
- Edited by:
- Henrietta Bowden-Jones
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