The prevalence of gambling and problematic gambling: a systematic review and meta-analysis

LT Tran, H Wardle, S Colledge-Frisby… - The Lancet Public …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background Gambling behaviours have become of increased public health interest, but data
on prevalence remain scarce. In this study, we aimed to estimate for adults and adolescents …

The changing epidemiology of gambling disorder and gambling-related harm: public health implications

MW Abbott - Public health, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives Gambling availability, participation and expenditure have increased markedly in
many parts of the world. This is expected to continue and have significant public health …

Gambling and public health: we need policy action to prevent harm

H Wardle, G Reith, E Langham, RD Rogers - Bmj, 2019 - bmj.com
Gambling and public health: we need policy action to prevent harm Page 1 Gambling and public
health: we need policy action to prevent harm OPEN ACCESS Prevention of harms related to …

Moving on from responsible gambling: a new discourse is needed to prevent and minimise harm from gambling

C Livingstone, A Rintoul - Public Health, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives To address the current status of responsible gambling (RG) as the dominant
discourse for reducing gambling harm. Study design The article is a narrative review of …

Public health effects of gambling–debate on a conceptual model

T Latvala, T Lintonen, A Konu - BMC public health, 2019 - Springer
Background Gambling for money is a popular leisure time activity in most countries, which
has major social and economic impacts not only affecting the gambler, but his/her significant …

Gambling prevalence and gambling problems amongst land-based-only, online-only and mixed-mode gamblers in Australia: A national study

N Hing, AMT Russell, A Black, M Rockloff… - Computers in Human …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study compared land-based-only gamblers (LBOGs), online-only gamblers (OOGs),
and mixed-mode gamblers (MMGs), based on a 2019 Australian national telephone survey …

Charting a path towards a public health approach for gambling harm prevention

A Price, M Hilbrecht, R Billi - Journal of Public Health, 2021 - Springer
Aim Gambling harm is a serious public health issue affecting the health, financial security,
and social well-being of millions of people and their close relations around the world …

Gambling and gambling-related harm: recent World Health Organization initiatives

MW Abbott - Public health, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives There has been unprecedented growth in commercial gambling. Increasingly
gambling has migrated to the Internet and become readily accessible via mobile devices …

Gambling participation, gambling habits, gambling-related harm, and opinions on gambling advertising in Finland in 2016

AH Salonen, M Hellman, T Latvala… - Nordic Studies on …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
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-related harms to concerned significant others: A national Australian prevalence study

N Hing, AMT Russell, M Browne, M Rockloff… - Journal of Behavioral …, 2022 - akjournals.com
Background and aims Gambling-related harm to concerned significant others (CSOs) is an
important public health issue since it reduces CSOs' health and wellbeing in numerous life …