This page contains a listing of national drug prevention guidelines and standards in Europe. The title, the methodological basis and the types of treatment covered by each guideline are provided, along with a download link where available.
European-wide quality standards are included in the ‘International’ section of this inventory.
| Country | Name of the guideline in English — if available — and year of publishing | Language and download link (if available) | Interventions covered | Basis of the guideline (where known) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | No information available | |||
| Bulgaria | No information available | |||
| Czech Republic | 1. Standards for universal and selective prevention programmes (2009) | Download document (Czech, English) | prevention standards | |
| 2. Standards for secondary and tertiary prevention programmes (2005) | Download document (Czech) | prevention standards | ||
| Denmark | 1. Forebyggelse i festmiljøer – om alkohol og stoffer (2005) | Download document (Danish) | prevention guidelines | |
| 2. Vejledning for modelkommunerne i narkoen ud af byen (2005) | Download document (Danish) | prevention guidelines | ||
| Estonia | No information available | |||
| Germany | 1. QIP - Qualität in der Prävention | Download document (German) | prevention, health promotion and education | Expert consensus, evidence review |
| Ireland | 1. Manual in quality standards in substance use education (2007) | English | education | Review of existing standards, literature review, focus groups |
| Greece | No information available | |||
| Spain | 1. Quality criteria for prevention programmes (Galicia) | Download documents (English, 1 and 2) | prevention standards | Literature review, expert consultation |
| France | No information available | |||
| Italy | 1. Recommendations for the planning and assessment of prevention initiatives | Download document (English) | prevention standards | |
| Cyprus | No information available | |||
| Latvia | No information available | |||
| Lithuania | 1. Psychoactive substances abuse prevention project evaluation form | Download document (Lithuanian, English) | prevention standards | Expert working group |
| 2. Kaip vertinti prevencijos efektyvumà? (2007) | Download document (Lithuanian) | prevention guidelines | ||
| Luxembourg | No information available | |||
| Hungary | No information available | |||
| Malta | No information available | |||
| The Netherlands | No information available | |||
| Austria | 1. Qualitätsstandards für Suchtprävention in der Schule (Quality standards for addiction prevention in the school setting) (2003) | Download document (German) | prevention standards | |
| 2. Förderrichtlinien der Sucht- und Drogenkoordination Wien gemeinnützige GmbH (SDW) (2008) | Download document (German) | |||
| 3. Peer-education in der primären Suchtprävention - einige Richtlinien | Download document (German) | prevention standards | ||
| Poland | 1. Draft recommendation system for prevention and mental health promotion programmes (2008) | Download document (Polish, English) | prevention standards | Review of existing standards, literature review, expert working group |
| Portugal | 1. Quality Criteria for the Focalised Intervention Programme (PIF) | Download document (Portuguese, English) | standards for selective preventive interventions | Review of existing standards, literature review, expert working group |
| Romania | 1. Quality standards for school-based prevention programs approval | Download document (English) | universal school-based prevention standards | Institutional consensus |
| Slovenia | 1. Guidelines and recommendations for school-based prevention (2012) | Download document (Slovenian, English) | universal school-based prevention guidelines | Institutional consensus |
| Slovakia | No information available | |||
| Finland | 1. Handbook on prevention standards | Download document (English) | Expert working group | |
| Sweden | No information available | |||
| United Kingdom | 1. Community-based interventions to reduce substance misuse among vulnerable and disadvantaged children and young people (2007) | Download document (English) | prevention guidelines | |
| 2. Specific interventions to support attitude and behaviour change at population and community levels (2007) | Download document (English) | prevention guidelines | ||
| 3. School-based interventions to prevent the uptake of smoking among children (2010) | Download document (English) | prevention guidelines | ||
| 4. Interventions in schools to prevent and reduce alcohol use among children and young people (2007) | Download document (English) | prevention guidelines | ||
| 5. Guidance on preventing the uptake of smoking by children and young people (2008) | Download document (English) | prevention guidelines | ||
| 6. The right approach: Quality standards in drug education (1999) | Download document (English) | prevention standards | ||
| Croatia | No information available | |||
| Turkey | No information available | |||
| Norway | No information available | |||
| International | 1. European drug prevention quality standards (EMCDDA, Prevention Standards Partnership, 2011) | Download document (English) | prevention standards | Review of existing standards (EU, internationally), expert consultations (including practitioners, policy makers, academics) |
| 2. Building on Our Strengths: Canadian Standards for School-based Youth Substance Abuse Prevention, Version 2.0 (Canadian Centre for Substance Abuse, 2010) | Download document (English) | prevention standards | Literature review, expert working group, end user consultation | |
| 3. Canadian Standards for Community-based Youth Substance Abuse Prevention (Canadian Centre for Substance Abuse, 2010) | Download document (English) | prevention standards | Literature review, expert working group, end user consultation | |
| 4. Canadian Guideline for Family Skills Programs to Prevent Youth Substance Abuse (2011) | Download document (English) | prevention guidelines | ||
| 5. Preventing Drug Use among Children and Adolescents: A Research-Based Guide for Parents, Educators, and Community Leaders (NIDA, 2001) | Download document (English) | prevention guidelines | Literature review, research studies | |
| 6. Achieving Outcomes: A Practitioner's Guide to Effective Prevention (CSAP/SAMHSA, 2002) | Download document (English) | prevention guidelines | ||
| 7. Drug abuse prevention among youth from ethnic and indigenous minorities (UNODC, 2004) | Download document (English) | prevention guidelines | Literature review, end user consultation (including young people) | |
| 8. Guide to implementing family skills training programmes for drug abuse prevention (UNODC, 2009) | Download document (English) | prevention standards and guidelines | Literature review, review of programme, expert consultation | |
| 9. Standards of Evidence, Criteria for efficacy, effectiveness and dissemination (2004) | Download document (English) | prevention standards | ||
| 10. Set of standards to improve the health and safety of recreational nightlife venues (IREFREA, 2012) | Download documents (English, Fact sheet and Manual) | Prevention of drug related harms in recreational settings | ||
| 11. Handbook Healthy Nightlife Toolbox, How to create a healthy & safe nightlife (2010) | Download document (English) | Prevention of drug related harms in recreational settings | ||
Background information
The guidelines were collected within the framework of the EC project on European standards in evidence for drug prevention under the Programme of Community Action in the field of Public Health (2003-2008). The project lead was Liverpool John Moores University, UK, with associate partners from Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania and Spain. The project started in September 2008 and finished in November 2010. Further information can be found on the project website: www.cph.org.uk/drugprevention .
