IMPROVING YOUR ODDS

Source:

Minnesota Institute of Public Health

Program Description:

Improving Your Odds is a six-section curriculum designed to help youth acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to make choices about whether, when, and how much to gamble. Risks and benefits of gambling are examined. Activities are included to help students learn how to recognize a gambling problem, how to talk with someone that may have a problem, and how to find help. The materials in the curriculum are designed to be integrated into teachers’ regular curriculum to complement other efforts, and the program can be completed in 4-10 hours.

Risk factor(s) assumed to be addressed:

Early initiation of gambling behavior

Poor impulse control

Attitudes favorable toward gambling

Protective factor(s) assumed to be addressed:

Healthy beliefs and clear standards

Skills

CSAP strategies:

Education

Type of IOM approach:

Universal

Populations appropriate for this promising program:

Middle school students

Availability / More Information:

Additional information about the program is available on the Minnesota Institute of Public Health’s website: http://www.miph.org/gambling/

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