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Substance Use Disorder Treatment Quality Standards in Lithuania 1992–2022: From Grassroots Initiatives to Nationwide Strategies

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Quality Assurance
Partner Organisation

BACKGROUND:

The implementation of quality standards in the treatment of substance use disorders in Lithuania is not well documented in the literature.

AIMS:

To describe the process of the development of quality standards from grassroots...

The Process of the Implementation of Quality Standards in Drug Prevention in Croatia: A Case Study

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Scientific article
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Prevention
Psychoactive Substances
Quality Assurance
Partner Organisation

INTRODUCTION:

Prevention science and quality standards of drug prevention in the EU and in the world have developed in recent decades. Progress has been made in quality development in Croatia, but the experience of the process of improving...

National Implementation of Quality Standards in Prevention and Treatment Services for Substance Use/ Addictions – A Case Study of Cyprus

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Quality Assurance
Policy
Partner Organisation

INTRODUCTION:

The Cyprus National Addictions Authority (NAAC) is the main coordinating body for all matters related to licit and illicit substances as well as pathological gambling in Cyprus and it is responsible, inter alia, for the...

Spanish Project of Best Practice Portal in Drug Demand Reduction and Behavioural Addictions

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Format
Scientific article
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Prevention
Quality Assurance
Partner Organisation

INTRODUCTION:

In Spain, the offer of prevention programmes is very varied and structured, but today the challenge remains how to put evidence into practice. European Commission define a best practice as “a relevant policy or intervention...

The Implementation of Quality Standards (QS) at Coolmine Therapeutic Community

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Quality Assurance
Public Health
Policy
Partner Organisation

BACKGROUND:

Coolmine’s implementation of quality standards involves a period of change management, strategic planning, and national policy development.

METHODS:

A narrative case study focusing on national policy and internal strategic...

Implementation of Quality Standards in Drug Demand Reduction: Preliminary Findings from the FENIQS-EU Project

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Scientific article
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Quality Assurance
Partner Organisation

INTRODUCTION:

Quality Standards (QS) are an important priority in European drug policy, although the extent of their application remains unclear. The FENIQS-EU project (Further ENhancing the Implementation of Quality Standards in drug...

The ASPIRE Standards: Taking a Step Towards Quality Assurance in Drug Prevention in France – A Case Study

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Quality Assurance
Partner Organisation

INTRODUCTION:

In the favourable political climate of the mid-2010s, the standards for Assessment & Selection of Prevention programmes Issued from the Review of EDPQS (ASPIRE) were developed to support project planning in drug prevention.

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Quality Assurance Policy in Harm Reduction Services in the Czech Republic: A Case Study of a National System

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Scientific article
Themes
Quality Assurance
Partner Organisation

BACKGROUND:

In the field of harm reduction (HR), an established quality assurance system with implemented quality standards is rather rare in practice. Together with limited evidence in this area, this leads to an imbalance in the basic...