Quality Assurance

The application and integration of the best available research, clinical expertise, quality marks and patient preferences to ensure high-quality care in substance use disorders services.

Substance Use Monitoring and Surveillance: Challenges faced by LMICs

Opinion piece, commentary

24 January 2025

Substance use surveillance has emerged as a crucial public health strategy across Africa, particularly in light of the alarming rise in substance use among adolescents (1). This trend poses significant health risks that require a...

Quality Standards and Competencies for University and Higher Education Addiction Study Programs

Scientific article

8 October 2024

BACKGROUND: Exponential growth of addiction specific services accelerated the need and pressure on professionalizing workforce. It is followed by the increasing number of university and higher education programs specifically focused on...

Day 2, 14:00 - 15:30, ISSUP, Program for International Quality Assurance in Treatment - PIQAT

ISSUP Event

27 June 2024

Presented at Thessaloniki 2024, on the 27th of June, 2024. Moderator: Mr. Mariano Montenegro (⚑ Chile) - Colombo Plan Chile Office Presentations: Mariano Montenegro - Introduction to Treatment Quality Improvement (PIQAT / ICQ) Anja Busse -...

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

Scientific article

26 April 2024

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

Scientific article

15 April 2024

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...

Implementing Quality Measurement in the Field of Drug Treatment and Harm Reduction: A Case Study in Flanders

Scientific article

31 March 2024

BACKGROUND: Implementing quality measurement is still a challenge in the field of drug treatment and harm reduction. In this case study, we investigate which strategies can be used to enhance the implementation of a policy in which quality...

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

Scientific article

20 February 2024

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...

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

Scientific article

15 March 2024

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...

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

Scientific article

31 March 2024

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...

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

Scientific article

27 December 2024

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...