Carmen Messerlian, Jeffrey Derevensky and Rina Gupta (2005) Youth gambling problems: a public health perspective. International Centre for Youth Gambling Problems and High Risk Behaviours, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Health Promotion International, Vol. 20 No.1. Oxford University Press.
Problem gambling has recently emerged as a significant public health issue. While most efforts target adult pathological gamblers, there is growing concern that adolescents and young adults represent the highest risk group for gambling problems. Prevailing public health initiatives addressing youth problem gambling are only beginning to be examined. Drawing upon the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion as a guiding framework, a prevention model and framework for action are presented to better understand and address problem gambling from a population-based perspective. This framework applies denormalization, protection, prevention, and harmreduction principles to youth gambling problems and describes primary, secondary and tertiary prevention objectives. A foundation for the development, implementation and evaluation of comprehensive, multi-level health promotion and prevention strategies for youth problem gambling is provided.
Key words: youth gambling; public health; prevention
Posts
Gambling, or gaming (the widely accepted industry terminology), is no longer a vice accompanied by negative connotations and stigmatization but rather a legitimate form of entertainment.
ReplyDeleteToday’s lottery corporations deliberately associate the proceeds of lottery sales with funding of public education and health/social welfare initiatives. There is also literature which discusses the potential health related benefits (Korn and Shaffer, 1999).
ReplyDelete... advertising and the mass media have succeeded in legitimizing and destigmatizing gambling (Zangeneh et al., In press).
ReplyDeleteResearch has demonstrated that problem gambling among adolescents has been associated
ReplyDeletewith a number of other mental health outcomes including higher rates of depressive symptomology, increased risk of alcohol and substance abuse disorders (Hardoon et al., 2002), increased risk of suicide ideation and attempt, higher anxiety (Gupta and Derevensky, 1998) and poor general health (Potenza et al., 2002).
Can a Brain Tumor Turn You Into a Gambler? http://healthland.time.com/2013/02/15/can-a-brain-tumor-turn-you-into-a-gambler/
ReplyDeleteRead more: http://healthland.time.com/2013/02/15/can-a-brain-tumor-turn-you-into-a-gambler/#ixzz2LK9UShKY
Like it...
ReplyDeleteHow to install a custom blog design while using ftp publishing?...