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A systematic review of the effectiveness of intergenerational programs

Findings
  • Supporting technical documents that are social systems-relevant
    Not usually available for this document type
  • Full-text report
    Full-text report
  • Scientific Abstract
    PubMed
  • Scientific Abstract
    Publisher
Recency, quality and context of the findings
  • Last year literature searched
    2015
  • Year Published
    2017
  • Quality Rating
    4/11 (AMSTAR rating from McMaster Health Forum)
  • Countries in which studies (included in the synthesis) were conducted
    United States (30); Canada (4); Japan (4); Spain (3); United Kingdom (3); Australia (2); China (1); Israel (1); Italy (1); Singapore (1); Taiwan (1)
  • Global/regional focus
    Not yet available
  • Country focus
  • Low - and middle-income country (LMIC) focus
    At least one LMIC/Global South study included
Additional details about the research
  • Type of document
    Evidence syntheses of effects
  • Type of question
    Effectiveness
  • Focus
    General
  • Domain
    Programs and services
    Community and social services
    Community services
    Sustainable Development Goals
    3. Good health and well-being (partially covered)
    11. Sustainable cities and communities
  • Social system topic(s)
    Delivery arrangements
    Where services are provided
    Site and modality of service delivery
  • Theme
    Optimal aging
Publication details
  • Citation
    Canedo-García A, García-Sánchez JN, Pacheco-Sanz DI. A systematic review of the effectiveness of intergenerational programs. Frontiers in Psychology. 2017;8(1882).
  • DOI
    10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01882

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