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

Findings

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Evidence Summary
Supporting technical documents that are social systems-relevant

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Full-text report

Full-text report (free)
Scientific Abstract

PubMed
Scientific Abstract

Publisher

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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