title: The Unspoken Shift From Quality to Quantity Standards In Substance Use(r) Treatment and Prevention: A Challenge to Unfinished Intervention Business.
abstract: A common flaw when dealing with substance use and misuse is the over-inclination to (re)-act; a reflexive "knee-jerk" and not a well-planned act which is theoretically and empirically informed. It seems that a shift from quantity-driven standards back to quality-driven standards would be best achieved by encouraging politicians, stock holders, and decision makers to question more, before financially supporting any prevention intervention.
authors.affiliation: a School of Education , Tel Aviv University , Tel Aviv , Israel.
authors.forename: Moshe
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Israelashvili
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012572:School Health Services; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy
keywords: decision makers; evaluation; prevention; quality; quantity; slow(ness); standards