Preventing gambling-related harm
Year:
2022
Sección de Drogodependencias. Servicio de Prevención y Promoción de la Salud. Dirección General de Salud Pública. Departamento de Sanidad. Gobierno de Aragón.
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Main objective:
To equip professionals in social, community, or health and social care services, municipal health/addiction technicians, and third-sector representatives with the knowledge and skills needed to act as preventive agents against the harms associated with gambling.
Summary:
Over the past decade, the centrality of sports betting and gambling has increased in both face-to-face and digital environments. The increased prevalence, especially among younger people, has led to negative consequences. The new reality of gambling requires preventive and supportive responses. Professionals from social, community or health services, municipal health/addiction technicians and representatives of the third sector are called upon to meet the demands of prevention in the field of gambling. These are professionals who, due to the novelty of the phenomenon, are largely unaware of its specificities. The training course “Prevention of behavioural addictions. A new challenge for public health” is designed to meet the knowledge and skills needs of these professionals. The aim is to enable them to become agents of prevention of gambling-related harm.
Keywords:
Training, social services, gambling, preventive agents, prevention.
