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Publications Database
The searchable bibliography page is one of our most popular features, allowing you to quickly access to the literature on the aging population and climate change in one convenient location. The CIRCA team keeps the database updated on a monthly basis. You may search by author, title, year, keywords. To retrieve full information, click on the "Publication" button.
Liu, J. C., Wilson, A., Mickley, L. J., Ebisu, K., Sulprizio, M. P., Wang, Y., Peng, R. D., Yue, X., Dominici, F., & Bell, M. L. (2017). Who among the elderly is most vulnerable to exposure to and health risks of fine particulate matter from wildfire smoke? American Journal of Epidemiology, 186(6), 730-735. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwx141
Cherniack, E. P., Sandals, L., Brooks, L., & Mintzer, M. J. (2008). Trial of a survey instrument to establish the hurricane preparedness of and medical impact on a vulnerable, older population. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 23(3), 242–249. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1049023X00064943
Bergmann, Z., & Ossewaarde, R. (2020). Youth climate activists meet environmental governance: Ageist depictions of the FFF movement and Greta Thunberg in German newspaper coverage. Journal of Multicultural Discourses, 15(3), 267-290. https://doi.org/10.1080/17447143.2020.1745211
Dennis, M. K., & Stock, P. (2024). “You’re asking me to put into words something that I don’t put into words”: Climate grief and older adult environmental activists. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 67(3), 281–296. https://doi.org/10.1080/01634372.2023.2259942
Gray, S. G., Raimi, K. T., Wilson, R., & Árvai, J. (2019). Will millennials save the world? The effect of age and generational differences on environmental concern. Journal of Environmental Management, 242, 394–402. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.04.071
Melton, C. C., De Fries, C. M., Smith, R. M., & Mason, L. R. (2023). Wildfires and older adults: A scoping review of impacts, risks, and interventions. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(13), 6252. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20136252
Melton, C. C., De Fries, C. M., Smith, R. M., & Mason, L. R. (2023). Wildfires and older adults: A scoping review of impacts, risks, and interventions. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(13), 6252. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20136252
Huang, Y. (2023). Wildfire health risks in relation to local senior population's CRD incidence rate in the Greater Toronto Area. International Journal of Biology and Life Sciences, 4(1), 35-36. https://doi.org/10.54097/ijbls.v4i1.10
Cong, Z., Liang, D., & Luo, J. (2022). Which household emergency plans are more helpful in tornadoes? Through the lens of gerontology. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 16(1), 139–146. https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2020.194
Elser, H., Frankland, T. B., Chen, C., Tartof, S. Y., Mayeda, E. R., Lee, G. S., Northrop, A. J., Torres, J. M., Benmarhnia, T., & Casey, J. A. (2024). Wildfire smoke exposure and incident dementia. JAMA Neurology, 82(1), 40-48. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.4058
Fenley, R., Antonucci, T., & Fenley, R. (2021). The impact and response to climate change as lived by older adults. Innovation in Aging, 5(Suppl. 1), 588. https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igab046.2258
Stanko, K. E., Cherry, K. E., Marks, L. D., Sampson, L., Ryker, K. S., Barrios, B., Anderson, R., Sanchez, S., & Allen, K. (2015). When reliance on religion falters: Religious coping and post-traumatic stress symptoms in older adults after multiple disasters. Journal of Religion, Spirtuality & Aging, 30(4), 292–313. https://doi.org/10.1080/15528030.2018.1434853
Ngo, E. B. (2001). When disasters and age collide: Reviewing vulnerability of the elderly. Natural Hazards Review, 2(1), 80–89. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)1527-6988(2001)2:2(80)
Cornell, V. (2015). What do older people’s life experiences tell us about emergency preparedness? The Australian Journal of Emergency Management, 30, 27. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271200800_What_do_older_people's_life_experiences_tell_us_about_emergency_preparedness
Mondor, L., Charland, K., Verma, A., & Buckeridge, D. L. (2015). Weather warnings predict fall-related injuries among older adults. Age and Ageing, 44(3), 403-408. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afu199
Rogers, M., Winterton, R., Warburton, J., & O'Keefe, S. (2013). Water management and healthy ageing in rural Australia: Economic, social, and cultural considerations. Environment and Behavior, 47(5), 551–569. https://doi.org/10.1177/0013916513502355
Malak, M. A., Sajib, A. M., Quader, M. A., & Anjum, H. (2020). "We are feeling older than our age": Vulnerability and adaptive strategies of aging people to cyclones in coastal Bangladesh. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 48, 101595. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101595
Heid, A. R., Christman, Z., Pruchno, R., Cartwright, F. P., & Wilson-Genderson, M. (2016). Vulnerable, but why? Post-traumatic stress symptoms in older adults exposed to Hurricane Sandy. Disaster Medicine & Public Health Preparedness, 10(3), 362-370. https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2016.15
Gronlund, C. J., Zanobetti, A., Wellenius, G. A., Schwartz, J. D., & O'Neill, M. S. (2016). Vulnerability to renal, heat and respiratory hospitalizations during extreme heat among US elderly. Climatic Change, 136, 631–645. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-016-1638-9
Solly, K., Smyer, M. A., Nichols, K., Steffens, N. K., Kastelle, T. H., & Pachana, N. A. (2022). Volunteering for a better future: A pilot Sustainability Ambassadors Training Program. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 41(2), e206–e209. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajag.13069
Heid, A. R., Christman, Z., Pruchno, R., Cartwright, F. P., & Wilson-Genderson, M. (2016). Vulnerable, but why? Post-traumatic stress symptoms in older adults exposed to Hurricane Sandy. Disaster Medicine & Public Health Preparedness, 10(3), 362–370. https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2016.15
Matlakala, F. K., Rantho, K. M., & Mapaling, C. (2024). Vulnerability of elderly people during climate-induced disasters in Sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review. Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 6, 1430667. https://doi.org/10.3389/fhumd.2024.1430667
Dikken, J., Kazak, J. K., Soebarto, V., & van Hoof, J. (2023). Views of older people on environmental sustainability: The development of the SustainABLE-16 Questionnaire. Building and Environment, 242, 110514. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2023.110514
Valois, P., Talbot, D., Bouchard, D., Renaud, J. S., Caron, M., Canuel, M., & Arrambourg, N. (2020). Using the theory of planned behavior to identify key beliefs underlying heat adaptation behaviors in elderly populations. Population and Environment, 41, 480–506. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11111-020-00347-5
Mohamed, A. A., ElKholy, S. E., Eweida, R. S., & AbdElsalam, R. M. (2024). Using the information-motivation-behavioral skills model for targeting older adults’ climate change management practices: In the road of COP27. Geriatric Nursing, 55, 52–63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2023.11.002