Asian Journal of Gambling Issues and Public Health
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Asian
Journal of Gambling Issues and Public Health,
the first academic English journal for Asian communities
on gambling issues, is an international peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal
published once a year by the Hong Kong
Academy of Medicine Press.
The
Hong Kong Academy of Medicine Press
Room 901, 9/F, HKAM Jockey Club Building, 99 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Aberdeen,
Hong Kong, SAR PRC.
Aims and Scope
Asian Journal of Gambling Issues and Public Health provides a
platform for scholars, experts and practitioners
within and outside the Asian regions to share gambling research, prevention
and intervention experiences, and to promote
critical discussion on gambling policy and gambling related public health issues.
The journal aims
to: facilitate international debates on gambling expansion and liberalization,
benefits and costs of legalized
gambling, the impact of gambling technologies, responsible gambling policies
and initiatives, prevention and intervention of
problem gambling; document
updated empirical studies on vulnerable groups, etiology, resiliency and prevalence
estimates
of excessive gambling, gambling
in the financial markets, treatment efficacy of various therapies, and evaluation
on awareness
and preventive programs in
different Asian communities; encourage gamblers and family members to share
their experience
in treatment and recovery.
