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

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