Problem gambling publications

Publications relating to problem gambling in New Zealand.

Publications

New Zealand National Gambling Study: Correspondence between changes in gambling and gambling risk levels and health, quality of life, and health and social inequities

Published 21 April 2021

This study provides a statistical analysis of the four data collection years (2012 to 2015) of the National Gambling Study in order to assess how changes in gambling risk levels are associated with changes over time in health, wellbeing, disability, deprivation and social connectedness

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Capping Problem Gambling in NZ: The effectiveness of local government policy interventions

Published 13 April 2021

An analysis of the impact of territorial authority electronic gaming machine (class 4) policy on gambling harm in New Zealand.

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National Gambling Study Data Explorer

Published 08 April 2021

The Gambling Data Explorer is an interactive tool for exploring data from the New Zealand National Gambling Study. It presents gambling participation and harm results by gender, age and ethnic group

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New Zealand National Gambling: Qualitative Phase

Published 30 March 2020

Based upon semi-structured interviews from 50 participants in the longitudinal cohort study of gamblers in NZ (the National Gambling Study), this report provides insights obtained

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Evaluation of the Partners for Change Outcome Management System (PCOMS) in a Gambling Treatment Setting

Published 23 March 2020

This evaluation report presents the results of an exploratory evaluation of the use and effectiveness of Partners for Change Outcomes Management System (PCOMS) in the provision of gambling treatment services in New Zealand.

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A mixed methods analysis of gambling harm for women in New Zealand

Published 23 March 2020

Using a mixed methods approach and informed by data collected through the National Gambling Study (NGS), this study by AUT-GARC enabled a multifaceted exploration of the context, issues and factors influencing women’s gambling related harm in New Zealand and suggests pathways for harm reduction.

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Preventing and Minimising Gambling Harm: Practitioner’s Guide

Published 26 August 2019

The purpose of the guide is to clarify aspects of service delivery of preventing and minimising gambling harm interventions and to detail the screening and clinical practice requirements for service providers.

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Evaluation report: The Sorted Whānau Financial Capability pilot

Published 01 July 2019

In 2014-15, Sorted Whānau was designed to address the need for financial capability education for recovering harmful gamblers and those who were affected by gambling harms (affected others)

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Gambling behaviours and associated risk factors for 17 year old Pacific youth

Published 01 July 2019

Pacific people have a high risk for developing harmful gambling behaviours old Pacific youth and how this has changed from when they were aged 14 or 9 years

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SPGeTTI: A Smartphone-Based Problem Gambling Evaluation And Technology Testing Initiative

Published 01 July 2019

This report presents the results of a trial to test the effectiveness of a smart phone app to support people with a gambling problem to promote abstinence or avoid relapse, in particular for those using electronic gambling machines (EGMs or pokies)

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