Barriers to Help Seeking Behaviours - Implementation 2004-2007 - Research & Evaluation

Research & Evaluation - Implementation 2004—2007
Project Name: Barriers to Help Seeking Behaviours

Research Organisation: Auckland University of Technology (www.aut.ac.nz)
Principal Researcher: Dr Maria Bellringer

Contract Value: $400,016.00 (excluding GST)
Contract Start date: 01 March 2006
Contract End date: 30-September 2007

Summary of project/aims

AUT was contracted by the Ministry of Health in March 2006 to:

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examine the experiences of gamblers and their family/whänau when seeking and obtaining help for gambling related problems
identify the barriers to help seeking in relation to gender and ethnicity
identify the factors that influence the accessibility of treatment services and the factors that affect the relevance of services
provide recommendations for policy and service development to address the issues identified.

Final Report: Report finalised on 8 September 2008.

Read the media release for this report (www.nzherald.co.nz)
Download the full report for this project (PDF, 1 MB)
Download the Ministry’s letter of response to the final report for this project (Word, 34 KB)

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