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Seniors' disaster resilience: A scoping review of the literature

Findings
  • Supporting technical documents that are social systems-relevant
    Not usually available for this document type
  • Scientific Abstract
    Publisher
Recency, quality and context of the findings
  • Last year literature searched
    2017
  • Year Published
    2017
  • Quality Rating
    3/9 (AMSTAR rating from McMaster Health Forum)
  • Countries in which studies (included in the synthesis) were conducted
    USA (19); China (3); Australia (2); New Zealand (2); Taiwan (2); Iran (1); Japan (1); UK (England) (1); Honduras
  • Global/regional focus
    WHO - Americas region<br />WHO - Eastern Mediterranean region<br />WHO - European region<br />WHO - Western Pacific region<br />
  • Country focus
    USA (19); China (3); Australia (2); New Zealand (2); Taiwan (2); Iran (1); Japan (1); UK (England) (1); Honduras
  • Low - and middle-income country (LMIC) focus
Additional details about the research
  • Type of document
    Systematic review addressing other questions
  • Type of question
    Not effectiveness
  • Focus
    Specific
  • Target
    Individual
  • Domain
    Programs and services
    Community and social services
    Emergency response and preparedness
    Sustainable Development Goals
    3. Good health and well-being (partially covered)
  • Social system topic(s)
  • Theme
    Optimal aging
Publication details
  • Citation
    Kwan C, Walsh CA. Seniors' disaster resilience: A scoping review of the literature. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 2017;25:259-273.
  • DOI
    10

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