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Fifty-five years of research into older people’s civic participation: Recent trends, future directions



Findings
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  • Supporting technical documents that are social systems-relevant
    Not usually available for this document type
  • Full-text report
  • Scientific Abstract
  • Scientific Abstract
Recency, quality and context of the findings
  • Last year literature searched
    2018
  • Year Published
    2019
  • Quality Rating
    3/9 (AMSTAR rating from McMaster Health Forum)
  • Countries in which studies (included in the synthesis) were conducted
    USA (191); Australia (23); UK (14); Canada (13); Netherlands (11); Spain (10); Germany (8); China (7); Ireland (7); Hong Kong (6); Israel (4); Taiwan (4); Finland (3); Japan (3); New Zealand (3)
  • Global/regional focus
    WHO - Americas region<br />WHO - European region<br />WHO - Western Pacific region<br />
  • Country focus
    USA (191); Australia (23); UK (14); Canada (13); Netherlands (11); Spain (10); Germany (8); China (7); Ireland (7); Hong Kong (6); Israel (4); Taiwan (4); Finland (3); Japan (3); New Zealand (3)
  • Low - and middle-income country (LMIC) focus
    At least one included study was conducted in a low- or middle-income country
Additional details about the research
  • Type of document
    Systematic review addressing other questions
  • Type of question
    Not effectiveness
  • Focus
    Specific
  • Target
    Individual
    Community
    System
  • Domain
    Programs and services
    Citizenship
    Civic engagement/volunteering
    Sustainable Development Goals
    11. Sustainable cities and communities
    16. Peace, justice and strong institutions
  • Social system topic(s)
    Governance arrangements
    Citizen & stakeholder involvement
    Citizen participation in policy & organizational decisions
    Financial arrangements
    Financing systems
    Donor contributions
  • Theme
    Optimal aging
Publication details
  • Citation
    Serrat R, Scharf T, Villar P, Gómez C. Fifty-five years of research into older people’s civic participation: Recent trends, future directions. The Gerontologist. 2019:egnz021.
  • DOI
    10.1093/geront/gnz021

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