Prevention Needs Hidden in Plain Sight Part 2: Problem Gambling
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Join the Northwest PTTC Prevention Needs Hidden in Plain Sight three-part series to explore prevalent community issues that often go unnoticed in prevention and healthcare systems. Throughout this series you will learn more about the shared risk and protective factors that can contribute to, or help prevent, perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, problem gambling, and eating disorders. By the end of the series, you will understand the overlap these concerns share with substance use – and community health and have new strategies and tools to help you include these “hidden” struggles into your prevention work.
In Part 2 of this series, presenter Jeremy Whitaker, Ed.D, MPH, will explore the foundations of problem gambling, including its prevalence, risk factors, and impact on individuals and communities. Participants will learn about emerging risks relating to online gambling and the influx of gambling-like games and apps. Finally, participants will gain a deeper understanding of the strategies prevention professionals can use to support problem gambling prevention and will leave with actionable tools to integrate problem gambling prevention into their professional practice.
Objectives:
- Describe problem gambling, its prevalence, risk & protective factors, and overlap with substance use disorder
- Learn about emerging risks related to online gambling and how gambling elements have been incorporated into games and apps.
- Identify common misconceptions around problem gambling
- Learn approaches to supporting problem gambling prevention and early intervention and learn how to integrate them into your prevention and treatment work
Presenter:
Jeremy Whitaker, Ed.D, MPH, is the problem gambling prevention coordinator at the Washington Health Care Authority. He leads statewide strategies to prevent problem gambling through public education, policy advocacy, and community engagement initiatives. Jeremy has developed and implemented prevention programs for youth, young adults, and underserved communities across Washington. Prior to this role he spent eight years as a tenured public health professor, was director of health care policy at the Iowa Hospital Association, ran the tobacco quitline for Iowa, and was an infectious disease educator in Shasta County, CA.