Short-Term Effectiveness of the Youth Gambling Prevention Program “Who Really Wins?”—Results from the First National Implementation

Hundrić, Dora Dodig; Mandić, Sabina; Ricijaš, Neven

doi:10.3390/ijerph181910100

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“…The provenance of the gambling addiction prevention programs analyzed was very varied: three were from Italy [40,42,44], two from the United States [31,43], two from Canada [38,39], two from Spain [34][35][36][37], two from Romania [32][33][34][35], one from Switzerland [36], one from Croatia [25], one from Portugal [41], and one from Germany [33].…”

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“…For example, the authors of [33] observed that by participating in the program, students increased their knowledge about gambling and showed a significantly decreased inclination toward gambling. Dogic-Hundric, Mandic, and Ricijas [25] reduced the cognitive distortions about gambling and the knowledge of gambling, in turn, reducing their subsequent addiction to it. No effects were observed in terms of their socio-emotional skills.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Regarding the assessment tools, the most widely used is the South Oaks Gambling Screen, revised for adolescents (SOGS-RA) [25,38,40,42]. In this sense, there is no consensus on the use of a common assessment instrument, as there are many scales used by the various interventions.…”

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“…This is concerning, especially since several preventive interventions in other countries of the European Union have proved the effectiveness of such programs. For example, a prevention program against gambling was conducted by Dodig-Hundric et al [25], involving 629 students of school-going age, with an average age = 15.67 years. Nine workshops were conducted, focusing on the awareness of all aspects related to gambling.…”

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“…Data extraction was conducted using a standard data-extraction form developed by the Joanna Briggs Institute Reviewers' Manual for the Systematic Review of Prevalence and Incidence Data [25].…”

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Systematic Review: Preventive Intervention to Curb the Youth Online Gambling Problem

Lozano

Rodríguez

2022

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This systematic review focuses on all the gambling addiction prevention programs carried out in schools, with the intention of making their effectiveness known and encouraging the creation of more such programs. During the third quarter of 2021, an exhaustive search was conducted using the databases of Scopus, Medline (via Pubmed), WOS, and PsycINFO. The search strategy was based on a combination of specific search terms: “Gambling Disorder [Mesh]”, “Online Gambling Disorder [Mesh]”, and “Prevention Programs [Mesh]”. A total of 15 articles were chosen for systematic review. All the programs analyzed show effective results, although there are several methodological shortcomings in the way they are conducted. Effective programs need to focus more on long-term results and the emotional aspects of gambling. We need professionals who can convey the causal nature of the problem the youth are facing.

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Lozano

Rodríguez

2022

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What is known about population level programs designed to address gambling-related harm: rapid review of the evidence

Clune,

Ratnaike,

White

et al. 2024

Harm Reduct J

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Background Gambling and gambling-related harm attract significant researcher and policy attention. The liberalisation of gambling in most western countries is strongly associated with a marked rise in gambling activity and increases in gambling-related harm experienced at the population level. Programs to address gambling-related harm have traditionally focused on individuals who demonstrate problematic gambling behaviour, despite clear evidence of the effectiveness of a public health approach to high-risk activities like gambling. Little is known about the availability or efficacy of programs to address gambling-related harm at a population level. Methods The Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation commissioned a rapid evidence review of the available evidence on programs designed to reduce gambling-related harm at a population level. The review was conducted using a public health and harm reduction lens. MEDLINE, ProQuest Central and PsychInfo databases were searched systematically. Included studies were published in English between 2017 – 2023 from all countries with gambling policy contexts and public health systems comparable to Australia’s; included primary data; and focused on primary and/or secondary prevention of gambling-related harm or problems. Results One hundred and sixty-seven articles were eligible for inclusion. Themes identified in the literature included: risk and protective factors; primary prevention; secondary prevention; tertiary prevention; target population group; and public health approach. The evidence review revealed a gap in empirical evidence around effective interventions to reduce gambling-related harm at the population level, particularly from a public health perspective. Conclusions Addressing gambling-related harm requires a nuanced, multi-layered approach that acknowledges the complex social, environmental, and commercial nature of gambling and associated harms. Moreover, evidence demonstrates community programs to reduce gambling-related harm are more successful in reducing harm when based on sound theory of co-design and address the social aspects that contribute to harm.

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Optimizing large-scale gambling prevention with adolescents through the development and evaluation of a training course for health professionals: The case of PRIZE

Donati

Boncompagni

Sareri³

et al. 2022

PLoS ONE

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In the field of adolescent gambling prevention, there is a lack of intervention studies reporting and assessing training courses for the intervention providers. The present work fills this gap by realizing a dissemination study inside the PRIZE program aimed at modifying a set of cognitive protective factors and affective risk factors. The purpose of this work was twofold: To develop and evaluate a training course with the intervention providers (Study 1), and to assess the short- and long-term effects of the intervention itself (Study 2). The training course was delivered to 44 health professionals (32 females, Mage = 39.34 years). Results showed a significant increase of correct knowledge about gambling and a significant reduction of their susceptibility to probabilistic reasoning biases. Participants also actually learnt the main competencies to conduct the educational activities, they were satisfied for the training course received, and they felt high levels of self-efficacy. The intervention was implemented with 1894 high school students (61% males; Mage = 15.68 years). In the short term, we found a significant increase of adolescents’ correct gambling knowledge, random events knowledge, and probabilistic reasoning ability, and a significant decrease of superstitious thinking, monetary positive outcome expectation, and gambling-related erroneous thoughts and fallacious behavioral choices. In the long-term, a significant decrease of gambling frequency, gambling versatility, and gambling problem severity was obtained. Overall, this work highlights the importance to train prevention program providers in order to optimize the effectiveness of large-scale gambling intervention programs towards adolescents.

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Short-Term Effectiveness of the Youth Gambling Prevention Program “Who Really Wins?”—Results from the First National Implementation

Cited by 7 publications

References 88 publications

Systematic Review: Preventive Intervention to Curb the Youth Online Gambling Problem

Systematic Review: Preventive Intervention to Curb the Youth Online Gambling Problem

What is known about population level programs designed to address gambling-related harm: rapid review of the evidence

Optimizing large-scale gambling prevention with adolescents through the development and evaluation of a training course for health professionals: The case of PRIZE

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