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Social capital interventions targeting older people and their impact on health: A systematic review

Findings
  • Supporting technical documents that are health systems-relevant
    Not usually available for this document type
  • Scientific Abstract
    Publisher
Recency, quality and context of the findings
  • Last year literature searched
    2015
  • Year Published
    2016
  • Quality Rating
    7/10 (AMSTAR rating from McMaster Health Forum)
  • Countries in which studies (included in the synthesis) were conducted
    United States (36); Finland (8); Netherlands (5); Australia (3); Canada (3); United Kingdom (3); China (2); Italy (2); Sweden (2); Austria (1); Brazil (1); Ghana (1); Japan (1); New Zealand (1); Norway (1); Switzerland (1); United Kingdom (1); Hong Kong (1)
  • Global/regional focus
    Not yet available
  • Country focus
  • Low - and middle-income country (LMIC) focus
    At least one LMIC/Global South study included
Additional details about the research
  • Type of document
    Evidence syntheses of effects
  • Type of question
    Effectiveness
  • Focus
    Specific
  • Priority Area
    Not applicable
  • Health system topic(s)
    Delivery arrangements
    How care is designed to meet consumers' needs
    Culturally appropriate care
  • Theme
    Optimal aging
  • Domain
    Sectors
    Public health
Publication details
  • Citation
    Coll-Planas L, Nyqvist F, Puig T, Urrutia G, Sola I, Monteserin R. Social capital interventions targeting older people and their impact on health: A systematic review. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2016.
  • DOI
    10.1136/jech-2016-208131

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