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Gambling-related harms are a significant public health issue in Great Britain. These harms are often underrecognized and most people who experience harms go without support. Under the leadership of Addiction recovery Agency (Ara) and Beacon Counselling Trust (BCT), the Bet You Can Help (BYCH) programme is filling the need for place-based education and training to identify and address gambling related harms. The BYCH programme is a community first aid model for safer gambling that...
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Greo is looking for new members to join the Board of Directors in summer 2021.
Greo is emerging as a global business-to-business non-profit consultancy that delivers research, evaluation, evidence, and stakeholder engagement services. By joining Greo, you can help accelerate our growth across jurisdictions, in new sectors, and new client types. You will be building on twenty-year track record of success and a well-established global reputation.
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Earlier this year, Greo held an invitation to tender for the evaluation of the credit card ban in Great Britain , which came into effect on April 14, 2020. We are pleased to announce that NatCen Social Research has been selected to evaluate the credit card ban. NatCen will assess the progress that has been made towards achieving the intended outcomes of the ban, whether the ban was implemented as intended, any unexpected positive or negative impacts, and opportunities to modify...
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This new report funded by GREO examines whether using lottery and scratch cards is related to problem gambling in young people. The report focuses on 16 to 24-year-olds in England and Scotland. The report also considers whether mental health and gambling behaviours explained the link between lottery and scratch cards and problem gambling. Samples were drawn from the 2012, 2015, and 2016 Gambling in England and Scotland: Combined data from the Health Survey for England and the...
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Gambling harm is a public health issue. However, many initiatives do not use public health strategies to prevent and reduce gambling harm in different populations. In this article, the authors explore how public health views of gambling harm have changed over time. They review gambling research from 1990 to 2020. The authors, including Greo's Margo Hilbrecht, describe how this research has impacted public health research, policy, and programs across the world. Researchers, policy...
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