Table 3

Different health assets of the included studies by age categories

Type of assetsAge categories
Mixed age groupYoung peopleAdultsOlder peopleNot applicableNot reported/unclearTotal
‘Health assets’, ‘assets’ or an ‘asset-approach’ in a health context165 (52.2%)47 (14.9%)28 (8.9%)15 (4.7%)44 (13.9%)17 (5.4%)316 (100.0%)
Community assets11 (47.8%)3 (13.0%)5 (21.7%)1 (4.3%)3 (13.0%)23 (100.0%)
Individual assets9 (32.1%)12 (42.9%)2 (7.1%)1 (3.6%)3 (10.7%)1 (3.6%)28 (100.0%)
Religious health assets, or religion35 (81.4%)1 (2.3%)6 (14.0%)1 (2.3%)43 (100.0%)
Organisational assets7 (46.7%)1 (6.7%)6 (40.0%)1 (6.7%)15 (100.0%)
Resilience9 (81.8%)2 (18.2%)11 (100.0%)
Asset mapping17 (60.7%)3 (10.7%)3 (10.7%)5 (17.9%)28 (100.0%)
Co-production2 (66.7%)1 (33.3%)3 (100.0%)
Cultural assets2 (100.0%)2 (100.0%)
Not defined or unclear6 (66.7%)1 (11.1%)2 (22.2%)9 (100.0%)