SCHARR-PHERST

What real-world evidence is available on the effectiveness of population-level interventions in reducing gambling-related harm to inform health economic modelling?

This project is funded by the UKRI Research Programme on Gambling.

Whilst treatment is essential for helping people recover from gambling dependence, much of the research on gambling has focused on addressing the high-risk ‘problem gambler’. This treatment-oriented approach risks overlooking the substantial cumulative harm experienced by a much larger group of individuals who suffer from lower-level gambling-related harms.

We aim to conduct a rapid evidence review that can explore the research question: “What real-world evidence is available on the effectiveness of population-level interventions in reducing gambling-related harm to inform health economic modelling?”

What is the role of both specific individual factors, and the intersectionality of multiple risk factors, in driving inequalities in gambling related harm?

This project is funded by the UKRI Research Programme on Gambling.

All types of people can be harmed by gambling. Harm from gambling can affect a persons’ financial situation, relationships, mental and physical health, employment and education, and risk of engaging in criminal activity. There is some evidence to show that some people are at greater risk of gambling harm, for example people who are financially or socially less well off.

We aim to conduct a rapid evidence review that can explore the research question: "What is the role of both specific individual factors, and the intersectionality of multiple risk factors, in driving inequalities in gambling related harm?"

What can qualitative evidence tell us about the impact of the benefit cap and/or two child limit on the health and wellbeing of children and young people in the UK? 

This project is funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) School for Public Health Research (Grant Reference Number NIHR 204000) Emergent Public Health Priorities (EPHP) funding. 

Review team:

• Lindsay Blank, SCHARR, University of Sheffield 

• Mark Clowes,  SCHARR, University of Sheffield 

• Mandy Cheetham, Department of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, Northumbria University 

• Hannah Fairbrother, Faculty of Health, University of Sheffield 

• Emma Hock,  SCHARR, University of Sheffield 

• Nicholas Woodrow,  SCHARR, University of Sheffield 

Collaborators:

• Steven Hope, Imperial College London 

• Sandeep Arora, Imperial College London 

• Dougal Hargreaves, Imperial College London 

• Michelle Black, University of Liverpool 

• Phil McHale, University of Liverpool 

• David Taylor-Robinson, University of Liverpool