%0 Journal Article %T Alcohol and older people. The European project VINTAGE: good Health Into Older Age. Design, methods and major results %A Galluzzo %A Lucia %A Scafato %A Emanuele %A Martire %A Sonia %A Anderson %A Peter %A Colom %A Joan %A Segura %A Lidia %A McNeill %A Andrew %A Sovinova %A Hana %A Krnel %A Sandra Rado£¿ %A Ahlstr£¿m %A Salme %A %J Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanitš€ %D 2012 %I Kurtis srl %R 10.4415/ANN_12_03_03 %X objectives: 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. %K aged %K alcohol drinking %K europe %K research design %K methods. %U http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0021-25712012000300003&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en