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| Title |
Expansion of gambling in Canada: implications for health and social policy.
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| Published in |
Canadian Medical Association Journal, July 2000
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| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
D A Korn |
| Abstract |
Canada experienced a dramatic increase in legalized gambling in the 1990s, primarily because of governments' need to increase revenue without additional taxation. This article examines gambling from a public health perspective. The major public health issues include gambling addiction, family dysfunction and gambling by youth. Debates have emerged about the health, social and economic costs and benefits of gambling. Stakeholder and social policy groups have expressed concern about the impact of expanded gambling on the quality of life of individuals, families and communities. Epidemiological studies show that the prevalence of gambling in the general adult population is low but increasing. Of particular concern is the high though steady prevalence of gambling among youth. New technologies have been linked to gambling-related problems such as addiction to gambling by video lottery terminals. Gambling by means of the Internet represents another emerging issue. The article concludes with recommendations for health and social policy related to gambling. These recommendations incorporate a broad public health approach to create a strong research program and to balance risks and benefits. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 4 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 1 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 75% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 2 | 3% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 76 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 17 | 21% |
| Researcher | 14 | 18% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 16% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 6% |
| Other | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 10 | 13% |
| Unknown | 17 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 21 | 26% |
| Social Sciences | 18 | 23% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 9% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 5% |
| Linguistics | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 7 | 9% |
| Unknown | 20 | 25% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 16 September 2020.
All research outputs
#8,188,597
of 25,377,790 outputs
Outputs from Canadian Medical Association Journal
#5,096
of 9,453 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#12,912
of 39,092 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Canadian Medical Association Journal
#12
of 27 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,377,790 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 67th percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 9,453 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 34.1. This one is in the 45th percentile – i.e., 45% of its peers scored the same or lower than it.
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We're also able to compare this research output to 27 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 55% of its contemporaries.