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ArticleInternational journal of mental health and addiction2022

Prevalence of Problem Gambling Among Women Using Shelter and Drop-in Services.

Flora I Matheson, Parisa Dastoori, Tara Hahmann, Julia Woodhall-Melnik, Sara J T Guilcher, Sarah Hamilton-Wright

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Article in International journal of mental health and addiction, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 authors.

Flora I MathesonMAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, St. Michael's Hospital, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, Ontario M5B1W8 Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-0965-1048
Parisa DastooriMAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, St. Michael's Hospital, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, Ontario M5B1W8 Canada.
Tara HahmannMAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, St. Michael's Hospital, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, Ontario M5B1W8 Canada.
Julia Woodhall-MelnikDepartment of Social Science, University of New Brunswick, 100 Tucker Park Rd., PO Box 5050, Saint John, E2L 4L5 Canada.
Sara J T GuilcherMAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, St. Michael's Hospital, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, Ontario M5B1W8 Canada.
Sarah Hamilton-WrightMAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, St. Michael's Hospital, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, Ontario M5B1W8 Canada.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

People experiencing poverty/homelessness have higher rates of problematic gambling than the general population. Yet, research on gambling among this population is sparse, notably among women. This study examined prevalence of problematic gambling among women using shelter and drop-in services in Ontario, Canada. The NORC Diagnostic Screen for Disorders was administered to women during visits to 15 sites using time/location methodology. Within a sample of 162 women, the prevalence of at-risk (6.2%), problem (9.3%), and pathological gambling (19.1%) was higher than the general population. Among women who scored at-risk or higher, 55.4% met criteria for pathological gambling. The findings suggest that women seeking shelter and drop-in services are vulnerable to problematic gambling. Creating awareness of this vulnerability within the shelter and drop-in service sector is an important first step to support women with gambling problems who face financial and housing precarity.

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GamblingHomelessnessPovertyPrevalenceShelter and drop-in servicesWomen

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PMID35966627
PMCPMC9365744

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