[Prevention of alcohol-related problems. From therapy to primary health care: experience at the Udine "Healthy City"].
This paper is about a community action for the implementation of a WHO Collaborative Project on the reduction of hazardous drinking in Primary Health Care Settings called "Drink-less". The article stresses the need to shift the attention from alcoholic treatment towards the reduction of alcohol consumption. After the development of a valid screening instrument and counselling material ("Drink-less" Package), the strategies to involve General Practitioners in early intervention are studied. A Pilot Project was implemented in the City of Udine by the Municipality through its Healthy City Project Office. "Healthy City" is a WHO project that stimulates Local Administrations to implement health promotion and Community actions through an intersector work. Besides the undoubted validity of the overall "Drink-less Project", the study emphasizes the importance of GPs in secondary prevention of hazardous drinking and the necessity to re-orient programmed action in Public Health and health promotion. "Healthy City WHO Project" can be an important tool for the implementation of Community actions in Public Health.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005194:Family Practice; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008875:Middle Aged; D011320:Primary Health Care; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors; D014944:World Health Organization