Climate change and the health of older people in Australia: A scoping review on the role of mobile applications (apps) in ameliorating impact

Findings

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Evidence Summary
Supporting technical documents that are social systems-relevant

Not usually available for this document type
Scientific Abstract

PubMed
Scientific Abstract

Publisher

Recency, quality and context of the findings

Last year literature searched

2017
Year Published

2018
Quality Rating

4/9 (AMSTAR rating from McMaster Health Forum)
Countries in which studies (included in the synthesis) were conducted

USA (10); Netherlands (4); Spain (4); Colombia (2); Germany (2); Switzerland (2); Taiwan (2); Canada (1); Europe (1); Hong Kong (1); Mexico (1); Not reported (1); Slovenia (1); UK (1); UK (Scotland) (1)
Global/regional focus

WHO - Americas region<br />WHO - European region<br />WHO - Western Pacific region<br />
Country focus

USA (10); Netherlands (4); Spain (4); Colombia (2); Germany (2); Switzerland (2); Taiwan (2); Canada (1); Europe (1); Hong Kong (1); Mexico (1); Not reported (1); Slovenia (1); UK (1); UK (Scotland) (1)
Low - and middle-income country (LMIC) focus

Additional details about the research

Type of document

Systematic review of effects
Type of question

Effectiveness
Focus

Specific
Target

Individual
Domain

Programs and services
Community and social services
Accessibility services
Transportation
Accessible transportation options
Recreation
Promotion of recreation
Public spaces
Climate action
Climate-change risk management
Human
Sustainable Development Goals
3. Good health and well-being (partially covered)
9. Industry, innovation and infrastructure
17. Partnerships for the goals
13. Climate action
Social system topic(s)

Delivery arrangements
With what supports are services provided
Other ICT that support individuals who provide services
Implementation strategies
Citizen-targeted strategy
Information or education provision
Behaviour change support
Theme

Optimal aging

Publication details

Citation

Black DA, O'Loughlin K, Wilson LA. Climate change and the health of older people in Australia: A scoping review on the role of mobile applications (apps) in ameliorating impact. Australasian Journal on Ageing. 2018;37(2):99-106.
DOI

10.1111/ajag.12522

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