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Problem Gambling Awareness Month Webinar: Sports Problem Gambling Prevention with Dr. Deborah Haskins
March 19, 2024

Are you a sports fan? Did you know that in the U.S., sports betting is legal, and revenue amounted to 4.33 billion dollars? (statista.com) Around 1 in 5 U.S. adults reported they have personally bet money on sports in some way during the last 12 months (Pew Research Center, 9/14/2022). Sports betting is perceived as harmless but there are profiles of who are at risks (Seal et al., 2022). Attend this session and learn prevention strategies to help persons be part of a winning team without suffering losses. 

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Deborah Haskins, PhD
Planning to Address Problem Gambling as a Community Issue
March 13, 2024

Problem gambling is a preventable public health issue, and community-led approaches are an effective way to address shared community concerns. The field of problem gambling has been historically disconnected from community initiatives grounded in equity and social justice. Hence, partnerships and collaborations are essential to the acquisition of resources needed to realize shared goals. Effective community-led initiatives collaborate with, recognize, and build on the strengths, resiliency, and existing leadership in disproportionately impacted communities. Community-led development is an approach in which local community members work together to identify goals that are important to them, develop and implement plans to achieve those goals, and create collaborative relationships internally and with external actors—all while building on community strengths and local leadership. This training will define components of a community-led approach and explore ways to engage those most impacted by problem gambling to develop partnerships and an action plan to achieve common goals with community partners.

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Haner Hernández, PhD
Problem Gambling, Intermediate
Leveraging Partnerships & Determinants to Mitigate Harms Associated with Gambling
February 28, 2024

Health equity means everyone has a fair shot at living the healthiest life possible, and one of the first steps in ensuring that everyone has a fair shot is working with community partners to identify and address health disparities. A community-driven health equity action plan is intended to create a roadmap for communities to take action on a health equity agenda that addresses priorities in their community. This training will examine how communities can identify and prioritize health disparities and address the social determinants of health, facilitate a community change process through authentic community engagement, and collect and analyze data on health disparities to identify key issues to inform a health equity action plan.

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Ben Spooner, BS, CPS
Debra Morris , MPH
Equitable Practice, Intermediate
Cultural Wellness Strategies for Engaging Black Men and Boys, Part 2
February 13, 2024

Join us for a continuation of the discussion about innovative approaches to supporting Black men impacted by problem gambling. We will explore additional multimedia facilitation prompts that promote critical thinking and emotional intelligence for Black men navigating structural impediments to Black male success and wellness. This presentation will address Black men’s relationship with money, meaning making for risk seeking, the influence of social media, youth grooming societal factors, and solutions that require important personal and collective shifts towards sustainable healing.

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Obari Cartman, PhD
Intersections of Problem Gambling and Substance Misuse Prevention
February 8, 2024

The prevalence of co-occurring gambling addiction and substance use is high. Approximately 1 in 10 compulsive gamblers report being concerned about their substance use, and research shows that people with a history of substance misuse are at higher risk for problem gambling. There is a complex relationship between problem gambling and substance misuse and a clear intersection between these two behavioral health issues. This training explores problem gambling concepts and terminology, the similarities and differences between problem gambling and substance misuse, implications for prevention and intervention strategies, as well as opportunities for collaboration between the substance misuse and problem gambling prevention fields.

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Shannon Cassidy, Training and Technical Assistance Associate
Ben Spooner , BS, CPS
Prevention Intersections, Intermediate
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