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Abstract
This paper focuses on the culturally mediated perception of gambling among immigrant communities in the Health Protection Agency of Milan area, and its consequences in terms of health promotion, prevention, and possible access to treatment. Pursuing a gender-balanced approach, 20 semi-structured interviews were conducted with representatives of foreign cultural associations in the area of Milan, involving the six most numerous communities (Egyptian, Romanian, Filipino, Chinese, Peruvian and Albanian). A textual and thematic analysis of the emerging content was conducted following the grounded theory approach and considering the complex interplay between agency and structural constraints. From the interpretation of the categories and macro-categories identified, it emerges how the perceptions of gambling and gambling disorder (GD) by the foreign communities considered are culturally conditioned, raising questions about the role of family and community in relation to individual agent. This highlights the desirability of outlining culturally sensitive health promotion, prevention and treatment programs that can impact risk behaviors and possibly facilitate the seeking of professional help.
Keywords:
- gambling,
- perception,
- foreign people,
- culture,
- agency
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Biographical notes
Fabio Lucchini, PhD in Sociology and Social Research Methodology, has years of experience as researcher in public and private universities and institutions. He is Associate Professor of General Sociology at eCampus University. He focuses mainly on gambling studies, science communication, and health inequalities.
Eliana Gabellini is a social worker and researcher, and collaborates as consultant with the Lombardy Regional Unit of Health Promotion—Health Protection Agency of Milan. She has published several scientific papers focusing on health promotion, prevention and addiction.
Corrado Celata is Director of the Lombardy Regional Unit of Health Promotion—Health Protection Agency of Milan. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Professional Education Methodologies and Social Policy and Sociology of the Family at the University of Milan. He has published several scientific papers focusing on health promotion, prevention, and addiction.
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