Dr Simone McCarthy

STAFF PROFILE

Position

Research Fellow

Faculty

Faculty of Health

Department

School of Health & Social Dev

Campus

Melbourne Burwood Campus

Contact

Publications

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2023

"It is always there in your face." Australian young people discuss exposure to gambling activities and promotions.

S Thomas, S McCarthy, H Pitt, S Marko, S Cowlishaw, M Randle, M Daube

(2023), Vol. 3, pp. 1-10, SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

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Older adults' perceptions of the risks associated with contemporary gambling environments: Implications for public health policy and practice

H Pitt, S McCarthy, S Thomas, M Randle, S Marko, S Cowlishaw, S Kairouz, M Daube

(2023), Vol. 8, pp. 1-10, Frontiers in Sociology, Lausanne, Switzerland, C1

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Global public health action is needed to counter the commercial gambling industry

S Thomas, S Cowlishaw, J Francis, M van Schalkwyk, M Daube, H Pitt, S McCarthy, D McGee, M Petticrew, T Rwafa-Ponela, A Minja, G Fell

(2023), Vol. 38, pp. 1-8, Health Promotion International, Oxford, Eng., C1

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2022

Electronic gambling machine harm in older women: a public health determinants perspective

S McCarthy, H Pitt, M Bellringer, S Thomas

(2022), Vol. 30, pp. 41-50, Addiction Research and Theory, C1

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"They loved gambling more than me." Women's experiences of gambling-related harm as an affected other

S McCarthy, S Thomas, H Pitt, E Warner, G Roderique-Davies, A Rintoul, B John

(2022), pp. 1-10, Health Promotion Journal of Australia, London, Eng., C1

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Women's perceptions of strategies to address the normalisation of gambling and gambling-related harm

S McCarthy, S Thomas, S Marko, H Pitt, M Randle, S Cowlishaw

(2022), Vol. 46, pp. 821-828, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, Australia, C1

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Young women's engagement with gambling: A critical qualitative inquiry of risk conceptualisations and motivations to gamble

S McCarthy, S Thomas, H Pitt, S Marko, M Randle, S Cowlishaw, S Kairouz, M Daube

(2022), Vol. 34, Health Promotion Journal of Australia, Australia, C1

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2021

"You don't really see the dangers of it at the time." Risk perceptions and behaviours of older female gamblers

S McCarthy, S Thomas, H Pitt, M Bellringer

(2021), Vol. 272, Social Science and Medicine, England, C1

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Strategies to prevent and reduce gambling harm in Australian women

S McCarthy, H Pitt, M Bellringer, S Thomas

(2021), Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, C1

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2020

'It's a tradition to go down to the pokies on your 18th birthday' - the normalisation of gambling for young women in Australia

S McCarthy, S Thomas, H Pitt, M Daube, R Cassidy

(2020), Vol. 44, pp. 376-381, Australian and New Zealand journal of public health, Chichester, Eng., C1

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2019

Women and gambling-related harm: A narrative literature review and implications for research, policy, and practice

S McCarthy, S McCarthy, S Thomas, S Thomas, M Bellringer, M Bellringer, R Cassidy, R Cassidy

(2019), Vol. 16, Harm Reduction Journal, C1

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2018

Women's gambling behaviour, product preferences, and perceptions of product harm: Differences by age and gambling risk status

S McCarthy, S McCarthy, S Thomas, S Thomas, M Randle, M Randle, A Bestman, A Bestman, H Pitt, H Pitt, S Cowlishaw, S Cowlishaw, M Daube, M Daube

(2018), Vol. 15, Harm Reduction Journal, C1

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Young people's awareness of the timing and placement of gambling advertising on traditional and social media platforms: A study of 11-16-year-olds in Australia

S Thomas, A Bestman, H Pitt, R Cassidy, S McCarthy, C Nyemcsok, S Cowlishaw, M Daube

(2018), Vol. 15, Harm Reduction Journal, England, C1

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Funded Projects at Deakin

Other Public Sector Funding

My life in recovery: A photovoice study of people who have experienced gambling harm.

Dr Simone McCarthy, Dr Hannah Pitt, Prof Samantha Thomas

Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation

  • 2023: $22,453

Young people's perceptions of the commercial determinants of health, and youth involvement in public health strategies to respond.

Dr Simone McCarthy, Dr Hannah Pitt, Miss Grace Elizabeth Arnot, Prof Samantha Thomas

VicHealth Grant - Research

  • 2023: $32,143

Supervisions

No completed student supervisions to report