Public health effects of gambling – debate on a conceptual model

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Author(s): Latvala, Tiina ; Lintonen, Tomi ; Konu, Anne

Journal: BMC Public Health

Publisher: BMC Public Health

Year Published: 2019

Date Added: January 28, 2021

Resource Type: Research report

This open access academic article, published as a debate, reviews perspectives on the effects of gambling to propose a conceptual model that uses a public health approach. In this model, costs and benefits are divided into three levels: personal, interpersonal, and community/society. Costs and benefits are also categorized by three classes: financial, labour and health, and well-being. The model could provide a base to begin building a common way of measuring the impacts of gambling on society.

Citation: Latvala, T., Lintonen, T. & Konu, A. (2019). Public health effects of gambling – debate on a conceptual model. BMC Public Health, 19(1077). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7391-z

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7391-z

Keywords: conceptual model ; NSevaluationLM ; NSevaluationPHALM ; public health ; public policy ; social impacts

Topics: Gambling Related Harms ; Information for Policy Makers ; Public Health

Conceptual Framework Factors: Environment - Social and Economic Impacts ; Resources - Harm Reduction, Prevention, and Protection ; Gambling Environment ; Environment - Public Policy ; Social Factors

Source Type: Academic

Study Funding:

The study was financially supported by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Helsinki, Finland (the 52 Appropriation of the Lotteries Act).