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Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Understanding Gambling Harm in NSW
This course explored the how to identify the factors that may influence gambling and develop strategies to support yourself and others experiencing the negative impacts of gambling. In addition, it developed an understanding how gambling harm can be prevented from a population perspective and why ‘responsible gambling’ paradigms are no longer considered best practice in helping to prevent or reduce gambling harm.
2 weeks, 4 hours per week
Rebecca Bone
Executive Director, Student Services
Deakin University
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Describe how the gambling environment has changed over the last 30 years
- Identify how gambling products and their promotions (or advertising) can contribute to risky patterns of gambling
- Identify how socio-cultural factors (such as peer group behaviours, or the accessibility and availability of gambling) may influence regular and routine gambling behaviours.
- Report the range of harms that individuals can experience from gambling.
- Identify strategies to support individuals who may be experiencing the negative impacts of gambling
Syllabus
- The changing gambling environment in Australia, with a focus on NSW
- The different type of gambling products (and the marketing of these products) that may be particularly risky
- How gambling companies promote their products
- The negative impact of gambling on the lives of individuals, families, and the community
- Report the range of harms associated with gambling
- Ways in which a public health approach can minimise gambling harm.
Issued on 9th September 2023
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