Harm Reduction for Gambling
Harm Reduction for Gambling This edited volume aims to facilitate the evolution of the new public health approach towards gambling. Chapters begin by exploring the impact of problem gambling, looking…
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Harm Reduction for Gambling
This edited volume aims to facilitate the evolution of the new public health approach towards gambling. 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. 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.
Later chapters focus on potential challenges to monitoring and evaluation, inviting the reader to envisage possible barriers towards implementation and ways of overcoming these. 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. The book concludes