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.
Bell, S. a., abir, M., Choi, H., Cooke, C., & Iwashyna, T. (2018). all-cause hospital admissions among older adults after a natural disaster. annals of Emergency Medicine, 71(6), 746-754. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annemergmed.2017.06.042
Bell, M. L., Zanobetti, a., & Dominici, F. (2013). Evidence on vulnerability and susceptibility to health risks associated with short-term exposure to particulate matter: a systematic review and meta-analysis. american Journal of Epidemiology, 178(6), 865-876. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwt090
ayalon, L. (2024). age differences in the context of climate change: Does exposure to a fake consensus statement make a difference? PLOS One, 19(3), e0298219. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0298219
Begum, T. F., Lin, Z., Primeau, M., & Lin, S. (2022). assessing short-term and long-term mental health effects among older adults after Hurricane Sandy. Science of the Total Environment, 825, 153753. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153753
ayalon, L. (2024). Climate change, older people, and the law. In S. Westwood & N. J. Knauer (Eds.), Research Handbook on Law, Society and ageing (pp. 216-229). Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781803925295.00024
aurizki, G. E., Efendi, F., Indarwati, R., andriani, F., Sari, D. W., & Noguchi_Watanabe, M. (2024). The perceptions and experiences of older people living in the aftermath of Lombok earthquakes, Indonesia: a qualitative study. International Journal of Older People Nursing, 19(5), e12640. https://doi.org/10.1111/opn.12640
astolphi Lima, C., alsunaidi, S., Lowe, S., Hogan, D. B., Dennett, L., Jones, C. a., & Yamamoto, S. (2024). Exploring the influence of weather variability and climate change on health outcomes in people living with dementia: a scoping review protocol. PLOS One, 19(6), e0304181. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0304181
asiamah, N., Ofosu, B. O., Effah-Baafi, Y. J., awuviry-Newton, K., Nkansah, J., & Saunders, B. (2025). Policies for healthy ageing in response to climate change: Protocol of a systematic review. PLoS One, 20(4), e0323069. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0323069
asiamah, N., Mensah, H. K., ansah, E. W., Eku, E., ansah, N. B., Danquah, E., Yarfi, C., aidoo, I., Opuni, F.P., & agyemang, S. M. (2025). association of optimism, self-efficacy, and resilience with life engagement among middle-aged and older adults with severe climate anxiety: Sensitivity of a path model. Journal of affective Disorders, 380(1), 607-609. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2025.03.180
andreae, M., Shultz, J. M., J. Marshall Shepherd, Espinel, Z., & Shapiro, L. T. (2024). Weathering the storms of climate change: Preparing persons with disabilities and the physiatrists who provide their care for extreme hurricanes. PM&R, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1002/pmrj.13159
appiah, D. O., asante, F., antwi-Boadi, L., & Serbeh, R. (2022). Elderly smallholder farmers' perceptions of and adaptation to climate variability and change in rural Ghana. Working with Older People, 26(2), 97-108. https://doi.org/10.1108/WWOP-09-2021-0052
aharoni Lir, S., & ayalon, L. (2024). Old, yet green-The prioritization of the future of youth in older-age-based environmental movements. Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/15350770.2024.2399066
adepoju, O. E., Smith, K. L., Shetty, S., Taha, E. E., & Howard, D. L. (2023). Coping with disasters and pandemics through experience and community: How african american older adults navigate disaster planning, response, and recovery. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 17, e291. https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2022.254
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