http://hdl.handle.net/1880/80 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:37:57 GMT 2013-06-19T00:37:57Z http://dspace.ucalgary.ca:80/retrieve/29736/AGRI_NewLogo2C_Small.jpg http://hdl.handle.net/1880/80 http://hdl.handle.net/1880/49608 Title: A Benchmark Study for Monitoring Exposure to New Gambling Opportunities: Final Report Scientific Content Authors: Nelson, Sarah E.; Kleschinsky, John H.; LaPlante, Debi A.; Gray, Heather M.; Shaffer, Howard J. Abstract: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is nearing an historic change to its legal gambling landscape. The expansion of legal gambling opportunities to include large resort-style casinos presents a unique opportunity to learn about the short- and long-term ramifications of such expansion on public health. Because this period represents a natural experiment within Massachusetts, there is a limited window of opportunity to collect accurate baseline data. To determine how new gambling opportunities impact the public's gambling-related health, it is imperative to establish baseline estimates of gambling-related behaviors and health prior to the opening of new gambling venues. This project used a statewide online survey recruited via random household survey to establish a baseline estimate of gambling behaviors and health within Massachusetts' communities that can be used as the benchmark for a prospective long-term longitudinal investigation of the effect of gambling expansion on public health. Description: Permission to archive report in repository granted by Sarah E. Nelson, Associate Director of Research Division on Addiction, Harvard Medical School on June 4, 2013. Wed, 29 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1880/49608 2013-05-29T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1880/49482 Title: The Health Impacts of Gambling Expansion in Toronto – Technical Report Authors: Toronto Public Health; Dalton, Ashleigh; Stover, Andi; Vanderlinden, Loren; Turner, Nigel Abstract: This report was prepared in response to Modernizing Lottery and Gaming in Ontario: Strategic Business Review a report from the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation(OLG), approved by the Ontario Ministry of Finance in March 2012. There are many recommendations in the OLG report that will result in increased access to gambling in Ontario. The focus of this report is on the OLG recommendation to open a casino in Toronto. Toronto Public Health (TPH) staff collaborated with experts at the Centre for Addition and Mental Health’s Problem Gambling Institute of Ontario to review the health impacts of gambling, the prevalence of problem gambling in the Greater Toronto Area and recommended strategies to prevent and mitigate harms from increasing access to gambling. Description: Permission to include in Alberta Gambling Research Institute research repository granted by Loren Vanderlinden, Toronto Public Health on behalf of research team on May 9, 2013. Thu, 01 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1880/49482 2012-11-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1880/49475 Title: Gambling Expansion in Canada: An Emerging Public Health Issue Authors: Canadian Public Health Association Abstract: A Canadian Public Health Association 2000 position paper. Description: Permission to include publication in the Alberta Gambling Research Institute research repository granted by Ian Culbert, Executive Director, Canadian Public Health Association on April 24, 2013. Sat, 01 Jan 2000 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1880/49475 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1880/49474 Title: Examining machine gambling in the British Gambling Prevalence Survey Authors: Wardle, Heather; Sutton, Rosie; Philo, Dan; Hussey, David; Nass, Laura Abstract: This report has been produced to explore machine gambling in more depth using the British Gambling Prevalence Survey series. It aims to examine how machine play has changed over time and what different types of machine players exist. Description: Permission granted to include copy of report in Alberta Gambling Research Institute Research Repository granted by Jon Watkin, Gambling Commission on April 17, 2013. Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1880/49474 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z