Gambling Among Migrants And Migrant Communities: A Conversation With Dr. Heather Wardle

Ask An Expert: How Can Providers Better Promote and Provide Problem Gambling Services to Asian American Community Members? Dr. Heather Wardle is social scientist and Assistant Professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. In this video, Dr. Wardle discusses the influence of acculturation, advertising, and availability on migrant gambling, protective factors and barriers to help-seeking, and considerations that public health workers and treatment providers should keep in mind when treating problem gambling among migrants.

Engaging Asian Americans In Problem Gambling Treatment: A Conversation With Dr. Elda Chan

Ask An Expert: How Can Providers Better Promote and Provide Problem Gambling Services to Asian American Community Members? Dr. Elda Chan is Director of the St. John’s Cathedral Counselling Service and Assistant Lecturer at the University of Hong Kong. In this video, Dr. Chan discusses promotion of problem gambling services to Asian Americans and Chinese Americans, beliefs about gambling in Chinese culture and how providers can account for these in clinical practice, and concerns of absent demand for problem gambling treatment.

Cultural Competence In Working With Culturally And Linguistically Diverse Communities

Ask An Expert: How Can Providers Better Promote and Provide Problem Gambling Services to Asian American Community Members? Ms. Mazbouh-Moussa is the Director of Skorpion Consulting in Sydney, Australia and Dr. Ohtsuka is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia. In this video, Ms. Mazbouh-Moussa and Dr. Ohtsuka discuss the principles and benefits of cultural competence and steps taken by the Arab Council Australia to provide culturally sensitive and appropriate gambling and financial counselling services.

Casino Gambling And The Boston Chinatown Community: A Conversation With Dr. Carolyn Wong

Ask An Expert: How Can Providers Better Promote and Provide Problem Gambling Services to Asian American Community Members. Dr. Carolyn Wong is a Research Associate at the University of Massachusetts, Boston’s Institute for Asian American Studies. In this video, Dr. Wong discusses the relationship between the gambler, the game, and the social and physical environment as it pertains to casino gambling in the Boston Chinatown community. She also discusses Chinese family values and the role of family in the treatment process.