10. Risk-Focused Prevention
• PREVENT problem behavior from
happening:
– Identify factors that increase risk of problem
and then find ways to reduce those risks
– Enhance protective/resiliency factors
• Decades of research: Hawkins, Catalano
& other researchers
• Four Domains:
– Community -- Family
– School -- Individual/Peer
11. Problem behaviors share common risk
factors
Exposure to a greater number of risk
factors a young person’s risk
exponentially
Protective factors buffer exposure to risk
& build on strengths of individual, family,
community
The Risk & Protective Factor
Theory:
12. Risk Factor
A characteristic at the biological,
psychological, family, community,
or cultural level that precedes
and is associated with a higher
likelihood of problem outcomes
Source: CAPT http://captus.samhsa.gov
14. Recognized Problem Behaviors
• Substance abuse
• Violence
• Delinquency
• Teenage pregnancy
• School dropout
Problem gambling??
– Apparently similar risk factors
– Very high co-occurrence between problem
gambling & other problem behaviors, especially
alcohol/substance abuse
21. Source: Marotta & Hynes, 2003
School:
– Anti-Social behavior
Individual/Peer:
– Peer Involvement
– Favorable Attitudes
– Early Initiation
– Constitutional
Potential Shared Risk Factors for
Problem Gambling
22. Risk or Protective?
Individual, family, community /society?
Young people who feel school is
important.
Young people who live in
communities with norms tolerant
of use.
Young people who believe drug use
is dangerous.
23. Young people who have friends
who use alcohol or marijuana.
Young people who have an
opportunity to contribute to their
schools.
Young people who begin ______ at
an early age.
Risk or Protective?
Individual, family, community /society?
24. Potential Shared Risk Factors for
Problem Gambling
Community:
– Availability
– Community Laws & Norms
Family:
– Family History
– Family Conflict (competition)
– Parental Attitudes/Involvement
Source: Marotta & Hynes, 2003
25. • Single-parent household
• Gambling on
cards/sports
• Being male, older teen
• Lower household
income
• Competitive
• Having lost more than
$50 in a single month
• Started gambling before
8th grade (early
initiation)
• Parents who gamble--
youth twice as likely to
be at-risk gamblers &
four times as likely to be
problem gamblers
Source: Volberg, et al (2008; bid).
RISK FACTORS FOR YOUTH
26. “A” Unique Set of Risks
Youth
gambling is
still under
the radar.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31. “The earlier people begin
gambling, the more likely
they are to experience
problems from gambling.”
- National Academy of Sciences
32. •Amygdala active
•Fight or flight,
emotion
•Decision-making
altered
•More vulnerable to risk-
taking & impulsive
behaviors
Source: Ramoski, S., Nystrom, R. (2007).
“The adolescent brain is
especially sensitive to the
effects of dopamine.
33. AWARENESS (low)
2012 Oregon Student Wellness Survey, Lane County (“ESD”) and
Oregon; available at
http://oregon.pridesurveys.com/esds.php?year=2011
34. AWARENESS
Oregon parent/youth focus groups :
All parents in their focus groups said their
kids didn’t gamble
All of their kids, who were in their own focus
groups, said they did gamble
Neither sees gambling as risky
35. ATTITUDES
Most parents &
communities believe:
Youth gambling is harmless
Youth who gamble are
unlikely to have
problems in school
Youth gambling is not
associated with
alcohol or drug use
…and those beliefs are
part of the problem!
36. 2012 Oregon
Student Wellness Survey (SWS)
2012 Gambling, Substance Use and Mental Health
among Oregon Youth
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
Gambling Alcohol Binge
Alcohol
Marijuana CigarettesDepression Psych
distress
Percentage
6th 8th
11th
Source: http://oregon.pridesurveys.com/esds.php?year=2011
n=55,611 students (18,885 6th grade; 21,368 8th grade; 15,358 11th grade)
37. Used alcohol in the past
month
3.1%
14.6%
29.5%
14.9%
30.9%
46.9%
Grade 6 Grade 8 Grade 11
Did not gamble Gambled
38. Binge drank in the last 30
days
0.5%
5.6%
16.4%
4.3%
12.7%
28.7%
Grade 6 Grade 8 Grade 11
Did not gamble Gambled
Available at: www.preventionlane.org/sws.htm
39. Smoked cigarettes in the past
month
1.1%
6.2%
12.5%
5.1%
10.8%
18.7%
Grade 6 Grade 8 Grade 11
Did not gamble Gambled
Available at: www.preventionlane.org/sws.htm
40. Used marijuana in the past
month
0.7%
8.3%
19.3%
4.3%
15.8%
28.4%
Grade 6 Grade 8 Grade 11
Did not gamble Gambled
Available at: www.preventionlane.org/sws.htm
41. Skipped school one or more
days in the past month
5.7%
12.8%
22.5%
15.4%
23.0%
35.4%
Grade 6 Grade 8 Grade 11
Did not gamble Gambled
Available at: www.preventionlane.org/sws.htm
42. 7.2%
5.0%
11.3%
9.0%
Grade 8 Grade 11
Did not gamble Gambled
Available at: www.preventionlane.org/sws.htm
Percent of youth that attempted
suicide in the past year
43. Percent of youth that attempted
suicide in the past year
10.1%
8.0%
21.0%
18.6%
Grade 8 Grade 11
Did not bet/gamble more than wanted to
Bet/gambled more than wanted to
52. • Tobacco, alcohol, and
other drug use and abuse
• Delinquency and crime
• Premature or unsafe sex
• Depression and suicidality
• School failure, dropout
Scientific consensus is that that we
can prevent these problems
54. Pre-
conceptio
n
Prenatal/
Infancy
Early
Childhood
Childhood
Early
Adolescence
Adolescence
Family
• Prenatal care
• Home visiting
• Evidence-based parenting
programs
• Evidence-based kernels
Schools
• High-quality preschool and daycare
• Classroom-based prevention curricula
• Evidence-based kernels
• Afterschool programs
Community
• Community organizing to improve neighborhood environments
• Support for evidence-based strategies
• Support for out-of-school activities
• Evidence-based kernels
Policy
• Community members have ensured access to services to meet
basic needs
• Promotion and support of healthy lifestyles
• Policy to promote and support evidence-based strategies
Prevention strategies by
developmental phase and domain
Source: Project WEAVE, 2011
55. The right support to the right people
Ideally, we would have varying levels
of support to meet the needs of
diverse youth and their families.Size of population affected
More intensive for at-
risk youth and families
~15%
Most intensive
interventions for the
youth and families at
highest risk
~10%
Universal supports for
all youth
and families
~75%
Source: Project WEAVE, 2011
56. Evidence-based prevention is
a good investment
$61 $120 $880
$1,200
$15
$30,828
$79,935 $94,900
$50
$5,050
$10,050
$15,050
$20,050
Annual cost per person per
family
Source: Project WEAVE, 2011
57. Evidence-based prevention programs
save money
• On average, for every dollar invested
in these evidence-based prevention
programs nationwide…
– $6 was saved with Project Alert
– $8 was saved with Adolescent Transitions
Program
– $11 was saved with Strengthening
Families 10-14
– $35 was saved with Good Behavior Game
We can expect all of these to work with
problem gambling!
58. It’s ALL of us.
NOT JUST programs
OR those prevention people.
59.
60. More links:
Consider doing one of your
assignments on a vulnerable
population group we didn’t
get to explore.
National Registry of Effective
Prevention Practices (NREPP)
(SAMHSA)
“Best Intentions Aren’t Enough:
Techniques for Using Research &
Data to Develop New Evidence-
Informed Prevention Programs”
(U.S. Dept of H&HS, 2013)