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ArticleBMJ open2025

Effects of interventional public health laws and regulations intended to reduce gambling-related harms: a realist review study protocol.

Michelle Fisher, Theodore Piper, Sonia Mavi, Jaya Nambiar, Priyanka Kumar Sharma, Joelle Kirby, G J Melendez-Torres, Paul Montgomery, Graham Fewell, Joht Singh Chandan and 1 more

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Article in BMJ open, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors.

Michelle FisherUniversity of Birmingham College of Medicine and Health, Birmingham, UK.
Theodore PiperUniversity of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
Sonia MaviUniversity of Birmingham College of Medicine and Health, Birmingham, UK.
Jaya NambiarUniversity of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
Priyanka Kumar SharmaUniversity of Birmingham College of Medicine and Health, Birmingham, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2606-9578
Joelle KirbyUniversity of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
G J Melendez-TorresUniversity of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
Paul MontgomeryDepartment of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8008-1370
Graham FewellUniversity of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
Joht Singh ChandanUniversity of Birmingham College of Medicine and Health, Birmingham, UK.
Kate BedfordUniversity of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK k.bedford@bham.ac.uk.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionGambling is now widely acknowledged to be a major public health (PH) issue. The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities conservatively estimated that gambling harm is associated with an annual cost of £1.05-£1.77 billion in England alone. Marionneau METHODS AND ANALYSIS: We limit our focus to interventional PH laws and regulations within a comprehensive search of scientific and legal databases, grey literature and books. Following Population, Intervention, Comparator, Outcome, Study, Timing inclusion criteria, evidence will be screened and appraised in Covidence by two reviewers (MF and TP). Included evidence will be analysed and synthesised using a narrative synthesis approach. Methodological quality will be appraised using the relevant risk of bias tool. Randomised controlled trials will be assessed using the Cochrane risk of bias tool (RoB2), Risk Of Bias In Non-randomised Studies - of Interventions (ROBINS-I) will be used for other non-randomised studies. Qualitative studies will be appraised using the EPPI reviewer software for systematic reviewing. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: The review protocol is registered with PROSPERO (International prospective register of systematic reviews) at the National Institute for Health Research and the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD) at the University of York (CRD42024574502). We aim to define a theory of change and produce a context-mechanism-outcome framework with relevant experts using the findings. We plan to disseminate the findings through peer-reviewed publications, meetings with relevant experts and international conference presentations.

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GamblingPublic HealthHarm ReductionHumansResearch DesignReview Literature as TopicLegislationPUBLIC HEALTHSystematic Review

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PMID40669915
PMCPMC12273126

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