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The family-focused mental health intervention, 'Let's Talk About Children,' has positively influenced the lives of families affected by parental mental illness. This paper outlines the use of this brief, strengths-based intervention for parents with gambling and other co-occurring issues from the gamblers' support services sector. Over a six-month period, a training manual and accompanying resources were adapted for the gamblers' support services sector and a targeted training session developed. Nine problem gambling counsellors from three Victorian gambling support services trialled the Let's Talk About Children intervention over a four-month period. Qualitative data were gathered through focus groups, interviews, and practice enquiry groups to determine the impact of the Let's Talk About Children model for gambling support services. The results are presented as 'practice wisdoms and recommendations' reporting on the impact of the trial and to provide some guidance to support others in the implementation of a specific family-focused intervention. This paper reports on the first exploratory trial of Let's Talk About Children for the gambler's support services sector in Australia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses a study on how the gay community of Melbourne, Victoria views sex on premises venues (SOPV) and the gay men who use them. Users of SOPVs were found to be older, have more casual sex partners and express less discomfort around sexualised spaces than non-users. Further studies focusing on the range of SOPVs and the opportunities for sexual risk should reportedly be undertaken. It is concluded that differentiation among sex venues of gay men and the men who use them may provide opportunities to target interventions to promote sexual health.