How Do People With Intellectual Disability Engage With and Understand Gambling? A Qualitative Study of Adults in Victoria, Australia
Objective: This study aimed to understand the factors that may influence how and why people with intellectual disability may engage in gambling.Method: Nineteen people with intellectual disability were recruited from a disability advocacy organization and participated in face to face, semi-structure...
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| description | Objective: This study aimed to understand the factors that may influence how and why people with intellectual disability may engage in gambling.Method: Nineteen people with intellectual disability were recruited from a disability advocacy organization and participated in face to face, semi-structured qualitative interviews. Open ended questions were used to explore participants' gambling participation, recall of, and attitudes toward, different gambling products, understanding of gambling harm, and awareness of responsible gambling messages.Results: All participants could remember gambling in their lifetime and some participants had recently engaged in gambling. Many participants were aware of different gambling products, and a few participants could describe in detail the technical aspects of electronic gambling machines. Most participants did not specifically recall seeing gambling harm minimization messages, however some described engaging in individual responsibility measures, such as limits and control, as they perceived this reduced the risks of experiencing harm.Conclusions: People with intellectual disability are engaging with gambling products in a similar way to the general community. Therefore, it is important to understand the different pathways that may lead people with intellectual disability to initiate and continue gambling and to ensure that they are aware of and protected from the potential risk.Implications for Public Health: Policy makers and practitioners should seek to understand and implement a range of strategies to reduce and prevent the harms associated with particular gambling products and environments for this population sub-group. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-227951fc526941218fc65d99d9b01e392022-12-21T22:26:52ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652021-01-01810.3389/fpubh.2020.536520536520How Do People With Intellectual Disability Engage With and Understand Gambling? A Qualitative Study of Adults in Victoria, AustraliaHannah Pitt0Samantha L. Thomas1Samantha L. Thomas2Joanne Watson3Russell Shuttleworth4Kevin Murfitt5Susan Balandin6Faculty of Health, School of Health and Social Development, Institute for Health Transformation, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, AustraliaFaculty of Health, School of Health and Social Development, Institute for Health Transformation, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, AustraliaDepartment of Anthropology, Goldsmiths, University of London, London, United KingdomFaculty of Health, School of Health and Social Development, Institute for Health Transformation, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, AustraliaFaculty of Health, School of Health and Social Development, Institute for Health Transformation, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, AustraliaFaculty of Health, School of Health and Social Development, Institute for Health Transformation, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, AustraliaFaculty of Health, School of Health and Social Development, Institute for Health Transformation, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, AustraliaObjective: This study aimed to understand the factors that may influence how and why people with intellectual disability may engage in gambling.Method: Nineteen people with intellectual disability were recruited from a disability advocacy organization and participated in face to face, semi-structured qualitative interviews. Open ended questions were used to explore participants' gambling participation, recall of, and attitudes toward, different gambling products, understanding of gambling harm, and awareness of responsible gambling messages.Results: All participants could remember gambling in their lifetime and some participants had recently engaged in gambling. Many participants were aware of different gambling products, and a few participants could describe in detail the technical aspects of electronic gambling machines. Most participants did not specifically recall seeing gambling harm minimization messages, however some described engaging in individual responsibility measures, such as limits and control, as they perceived this reduced the risks of experiencing harm.Conclusions: People with intellectual disability are engaging with gambling products in a similar way to the general community. Therefore, it is important to understand the different pathways that may lead people with intellectual disability to initiate and continue gambling and to ensure that they are aware of and protected from the potential risk.Implications for Public Health: Policy makers and practitioners should seek to understand and implement a range of strategies to reduce and prevent the harms associated with particular gambling products and environments for this population sub-group.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2020.536520/fullgamblingpoker machineselectronic gambling machinesgambling harmresponsible gamblingintellectual disabilities (ID) |
| spellingShingle | Hannah Pitt Samantha L. Thomas Samantha L. Thomas Joanne Watson Russell Shuttleworth Kevin Murfitt Susan Balandin How Do People With Intellectual Disability Engage With and Understand Gambling? A Qualitative Study of Adults in Victoria, Australia Frontiers in Public Health gambling poker machines electronic gambling machines gambling harm responsible gambling intellectual disabilities (ID) |
| title | How Do People With Intellectual Disability Engage With and Understand Gambling? A Qualitative Study of Adults in Victoria, Australia |
| title_full | How Do People With Intellectual Disability Engage With and Understand Gambling? A Qualitative Study of Adults in Victoria, Australia |
| title_fullStr | How Do People With Intellectual Disability Engage With and Understand Gambling? A Qualitative Study of Adults in Victoria, Australia |
| title_full_unstemmed | How Do People With Intellectual Disability Engage With and Understand Gambling? A Qualitative Study of Adults in Victoria, Australia |
| title_short | How Do People With Intellectual Disability Engage With and Understand Gambling? A Qualitative Study of Adults in Victoria, Australia |
| title_sort | how do people with intellectual disability engage with and understand gambling a qualitative study of adults in victoria australia |
| topic | gambling poker machines electronic gambling machines gambling harm responsible gambling intellectual disabilities (ID) |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2020.536520/full |
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