EDC's Chuck Klevgaard will speak at the National Conference on Gambling Addiction & Responsible Gambling on July 17th, 2025.
The National Conference on Gambling Addiction & Responsible Gambling brings together world-class presenters to deliver powerful and insightful messages about problem gambling and responsible gambling. The 2025 conference, hosted by the National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG), will take place in Columbus, Ohio.
Adapting Public Health Prevention Strategies to the Problem Gambling Field
Speakers: Chuck Klevgaard, Tana Russell, and Paulina Zyskowski
Date: July 17, 2025
Time: 3:15 to 4:15 pm
Despite the existing research on problem gambling prevention strategies globally, evidence-based practice databases are significantly lacking in the field. This session will discuss the similarities in public health and problem gambling prevention measures, and how to identify the most appropriate evidence-based practices for target populations, and the shared risk factors. By examining successful public health practices, participants can explore their potential to inform and enhance problem gambling prevention efforts.
Learning Objectives
- To be able to translate research-supported public health prevention measures into the problem gambling field
- To compare past and present public health and problem gambling prevention practices globally
Resources
Recommended
Prevention of Problem Gambling: A comprehensive review of the evidence and identified best practices
Public Health Advocacy Curriculum: A ten-lesson curriculum combining classroom- and community-based activities for high school students to learn about the upstream or root causes of health, and to become health advocates
A Guide to Core Competencies for Problem Gambling Prevention Professionals: A guide presenting core competencies as a set of potential goals for problem gambling prevention professionals
Chuck Klevgaard, a nationally recognized expert in substance misuse prevention, is a highly experienced training and technical assistance (TTA) designer and leader. Klevgaard brings extensive experience in public health and behavioral health (BH) and evidence-based alcohol, and substance misuse programs and policies. A member of EDC’s Health Promotion, Practice, and Innovation portfolio leadership team, Klevgaard advises substance misuse prevention initiatives throughout the portfolio, as well as leading TTA services that strengthen the capacity of state prevention practitioners and tribal prevention leaders. He serves as a subject matter expert for the Massachusetts Center of Excellence on Problem Gambling Prevention.