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Health impact of climate change in older people: An integrative review and implications for nursing

Findings
  • Evidence Summary
    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
    2017
  • Quality Rating
    2/10 (AMSTAR rating from McMaster Health Forum)
  • Countries in which studies (included in the synthesis) were conducted
    Not reported
  • Global/regional focus
    Not yet available
  • Country focus
    Not reported
  • 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
    Climate action
    Climate-change risk management
    Human
    Environmental conservation
    Environmental resilience
    Social
    Environmental-threats management
    Floods
    Severe storm events
    Sustainable Development Goals
    3. Good health and well-being (partially covered)
    9. Industry, innovation and infrastructure
    11. Sustainable cities and communities
    13. Climate action
    14. Life below water
    15. Life on land
  • Social system topic(s)
    Delivery arrangements
    By whom services are provided
    Skill mix - Role performance
  • Theme
    Optimal aging
Publication details
  • Citation
    Leyva EWA, Beaman A, Davidson PM. Health impact of climate change in older people: An integrative review and implications for nursing. Journal of Nursing Scholarship. 2017;49(7):670-678.
  • DOI
    10.1111/jnu.12346

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