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Authors and Affiliations

Chiyoung Hwang1 · Taichi Takano2 · Ryuhei So1,3 · Ethan Sahker1,7 ·

Sho Kawakami2 · Charles Livingstone4 · Naoko Takiguchi5 · Masako Ono-Kihara6 ·

Masahiro Kihara6 · Toshi A. Furukawa1

Chiyoung Hwang MPH, BSN

hwang.chiyoung.44e@st.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Taichi Takano BA

t.takano@bigissue.or.jp

Ryuhei So MD, MPH

nexttext@gmail.com

Ethan Sahker PhD

sahker.ethan.2e@kyoto-u.ac.jp

Sho Kawakami BA

s.kawakami@bigissue.or.jp

Charles Livingstone MEc, PhD

Charles.livingstone@monash.edu

Naoko Takiguchi PhD

ntakiguchi@res.otani.ac.jp

Masako Ono-Kihara PhD

kihara.masako.0612@gmail.com

Masahiro Kihara MD, PhD

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kihara.masahiro.44z@st.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Toshi A. Furukawa MD, PhD

furukawa@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Department of Health Promotion and Human Behavior, Graduate School of Medicine, School

of Public Health, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, 606-8501 Kyoto, Japan

Not-for-Profit Organization, The Big Issue Japan Foundation, Osaka, Japan

Department of Psychiatry, Okayama Psychiatric Medical Center, Okayama, Japan

Gambling and Social Determinants Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine,

Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Department of Sociology, Otani University, Kyoto, Japan

Interdisciplinary Unit for Global Health, Center for the Promotion of Interdisciplinary

Education and Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Population Health and Policy Research Unit, Medical Education Center, Graduate School of

Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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