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An effective prevention plan must seek to identify the right mix of interventions to be applied at both the population and individual level. It must also deliver a clearer understanding of activities which are less effective, or counterproductive, and should be stopped.

Below are some recent research resources from GREO and other publishers on prevention at all levels, and links for more resources in GREO's Evidence Centre:

Universal Measures (for the benefit of the whole population)
  • The role of credit cards and gambling (GREO Rapid Evidence Review; Plain Language Summary)
  • Public health approaches to gambling - Global initiatives (GREO Evidence Brief)
  • Gambling as a public health issue (GREO Research Report; Plain Language Summary)
  • Gambling should be considered a public health issue in Wales, United Kingdom (GREO Knowledge Snapshot)

  • Four recommendations for improving the success of gambling education programs for teenagers (GREO Research Snapshot)

  • Risk factors associated with preadolescent gambling in Italy (GREO Research Snapshot)

See all Evidence Centre resources on public health approaches to gambling.

Selective Measures (for the benefit of at-risk groups)
  • Managers and HR officers’ experiences in a workplace-oriented problem gambling prevention program (GREO Research Snapshot)
  • A systematic review of prevention programs for young adults (GREO Knowledge Snapshot)
  • How to customize responsible gambling messages to specific groups of gamblers (GREO Research Snapshot)
  • How to apply harm minimization through the Pathways Model of problem gambling in educational settings (GREO Knowledge Snapshot)
  • The impact of a problem gambling prevention class on non-gambling young men (GREO Research Snapshot)
  • How much gambling is too much among youth? (GREO Research Snapshot)
  • The link between cyberbullying and online gambling among youth (GREO Research Snapshot)
  • Betting operators send sports and race bettors many incentives to bet through text messages and emails (GREO Research Snapshot)
  • Evaluation of a youth gambling prevention programme (GREO Research Snapshot)

  • Subtypes of young adult gamblers based on degree of gambling involvement (GREO Research Snapshot)
Indicated Measures (for the benefit of at-risk individuals)
  • Review of electronic gaming machine pre-commitment features: Self-exclusion (Australian Gambling Research Centre report)
  • Who uses self-exclusion to control problem gambling? (GREO Knowledge Snapshot)
  • Changes in gambling behaviour and mental health after enrolling in land-based self-exclusion (GREO Knowledge Snapshot)
  • Self-exclusion as a gambling harm minimisation measure in Great Britain (Responsible Gambling Trust report)

See all Evidence Centre resources on gambling self-exclusion.

See GREO's full collection of Research Snapshots on Prevention and Education.

See GambleAware's research publications on at-risk groups, including children and young people, older adults, families of people with problem gambling, and people experiencing homelessness.

See our Current Projects page for all National Strategy research projects currently in progress.

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