title: Alcohol and older people. The European project VINTAGE: good health into older age. Design, methods and major results.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The European project VINTAGE - Good Health Into Older Age aims at filling the knowledge gap and building capacity on alcohol and the elderly, encouraging evidence- and experience-based interventions.
  
  
  METHODS
  Systematic review of scientific literature on the impact of alcohol on older people; ad hoc survey and review of grey literature to collect EU examples of good practices for prevention; dissemination of findings to stakeholders involved in the field of alcohol, aging or public health in general.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Design and procedures of the VINTAGE project are described, providing also an outline of major results, with particular attention to those related to the dissemination activity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Much more information and research is needed. This issue should be part of both alcohol and healthy ageing policies.
authors.affiliation: WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Health Promotion on Alcohol and Alcohol-Related Health Problems, Osservatorio Nazionale Alcol, Centro Nazionale di Epidemiologia, Sorveglianza e Promozione della Salute, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Galluzzo
authors.forename: Emanuele
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Scafato
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Martire
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: Joan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Colom
authors.forename: Lidia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Segura
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: McNeill
authors.forename: Hana
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sovinova
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rados Krnel
authors.forename: Salme
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ahlström
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005060:Europe; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D008297:Male