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Applying Evidence-Based Models to Problem Gambling Prevention: Stages of Change, Motivational Interviewing, and Diffusion of Innovations
July 22, 2025

The landscape of preventing problem gambling requires that we lead with evidence-based models. This training will describe Motivational Interviewing, Stages of Change, and Diffusion of Innovations as evidence-based models. Participants will learn how to incorporate these evidence-based models into problem gambling prevention programming.

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Haner Hernández, PhD
Sarah Jerome, MPH, MA
Problem Gambling, Advanced
Partnering for Change: Understanding the Structural and Social Determinants of Health to Prevent Problem Gambling
July 16, 2025

The social determinants of health (SDOH) are the biggest drivers of health where people live, work, and play, and they have significant impacts on problem gambling. This virtual training will explore strategies to identify and prioritize SDOH issues, how to collect and use data to inform health equity plans, and how to engage authentically with community partners to facilitate change.

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Debra Morris, MPH
Sarah Jerome, MPH, MA
Carol Musallam, MS
Problem Gambling, Intermediate
Intersections of Problem Gambling and Violence Prevention (New!)
June 18, 2025

This virtual training explores the intersections between problem gambling and violence prevention specifically focusing on intimate partner violence and domestic violence. Participants will learn how socioecological approaches used in violence prevention can also apply to problem gambling prevention efforts. The session will highlight shared risk and protective factors, offer practical strategies for prevention, and introduce tools and resources that can be used when working with individuals at risk.

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Jennifer Myers, MA
Carol Musallam, MS
Prevention Intersections, Intermediate
Intersections of Problem Gambling and Suicide Prevention
June 12, 2025

This training utilizes a combination of didactic presentation and interactive case studies and focuses on problem gambling and suicide prevention concepts and terminology, the similarities and differences between problem gambling and suicide prevention, how to assess if an individual has a problem gambling disorder or is at risk for suicide, and questions and strategies to ask to get the individual the support they need.

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Sarah Jerome, MPH
Lauri Solomon , Public Health Expert
Prevention Intersections, Intermediate
What’s Equity Got to Do With it? Centering Equity into Problem Gambling Prevention
May 20, 2025

We know health equity should be central to the work we do and incorporated into our organizations, our work with others, and ourselves, but it doesn’t always happen. This interactive training will explore key concepts in centering health equity into our work, enhancing our cultural proficiency, understanding complex factors influencing community health, and examining the historical and policy influences shaping our communities today. Together we will explore ways to apply these concepts to our work that will foster our mission of creating healthy environments for all.

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Debra Morris, MPH
Ivy Jones Turner,
Carol Musallam, MS
Equitable Practice, Beginner
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