Co-Creation and Co-Production of Health Promoting Activities Addressing Older People—A Scoping Review

The global population is aging and the promotion of health and well-being for this generation is essential. Co-creative and co-productive practices can be solutions to welfare challenges in local policies. Therefore, this scoping review aimed to understand the extent and type of evidence in relation to the co-creation and co-production of health-promoting activities addressing older people aged 60+ years and to examine the influence of co-creative and co-productive activities on health and well-being, including influential factors for co-creation and co-production. We searched for peer-reviewed and grey literature in ten scientific and five non-scientific databases. From the 2648 studies retrieved, 18 articles were included in this review. Then, an inductive thematic content analysis was applied to the analysis. Three categories related to co-creative and co-productive activities emerged: “Social and physical activities”, “Development of age-friendly environments”, and “Discussions of healthy and active aging”. Facilitating factors for co-creation and co-production were related to the planning and structure of the process and recognition of participants’ time and resources, while the recruitment of participants and their time and resources were the main barriers. Future studies should target co-creative and co-productive interventions to concrete areas and specific sub-groups and be aware of factors influencing a co-creative or co-productive relationship with older people.