Gambling and the Hispanic, Latinx/e Populations: Strategies for Working with Individuals and Families and Community Engagement

Tuesday, April 9th from 1:30 PM ET to 3:00 PM ET (Virtual)

Research shows that communities of color, including the Latinx/e community, are disproportionately impacted by problem gambling, yet underrepresented in access to prevention, intervention, treatment, recovery supports, and research. For Latinx/e individuals and families, the power of the Collective and Familia are cultural values that drive decision making, trust building, and willingness to engage with individuals outside of their family and community networks. Utilizing an equity lens, this training will create awareness about the culture characteristics amongst Latinx/e individuals and their families, in an effort to improve engagement and partnerships that can promote access, increase trauma informed programming, and address the Structural Determinants of Health (SDOH) and inequities, resulting in increased quality of life.  

Learning Objectives (participants will be able to):  

• Describe the demographics of Latinx/e populations in the US an MA; 
• Describe the types of gambling available in Latinx/e communities; 
• Describe the Structural Determinants of Health and their impacts on Latinx/e populations, prevention strategies and engagement opportunities; 
• Describe common cultural elements, cultural characteristics and values of Latinx/e individuals and their families and 3-4 strategies to incorporate them into programming planning and delivery; and 
• Name 3-4 available resources for Latinx/e populations, including additional training and further workforce development opportunities.  

CEUs 

Upon completion of the training and receipt of your evaluation survey, participants of Problem Gambling Prevention with LatinX Populations Webinar will be emailed a certificate of completion.

If you have any questions about continuing education credits or need additional information, please contact us at mcoepgp@edc.org. 

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The Massachusetts Center of Excellence on Problem Gambling Prevention (MCOEPGP) provides capacity building, training and resource development services to address the prevention of problem gambling and related health issues such as the prevention of substance misuse, suicide and violence. The MCOE PGP approach is rooted in public health and utilizes the social-ecological model – incorporating the individual, family, and community – as a framework for its work. This approach is in alignment with evidence-based practices that require authentic community engagement, the use of an explicit equity lens and addressing the economic and social conditions that influence the health of people and communities, known as the social determinants of health. To learn more about problem gambling, visit our website at https://mcoepgp.org.

Funded by Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Office of Problem Gambling Services