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

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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

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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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