Browsing Omsorgsbiblioteket by Journals "International Journal of Circumpolar Health"
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Ethical and methodological issues in research with Sami experiencing disability
(Journal article, 2016)Objectives: The main study was designed to examine and understand the everyday life, transitions between life stages and democratic participation of Norwegian Sami people experiencing disability. Hence, the purpose of this ... -
Ethnic discrimination and bullying in the Sami and non-Sami populations in Norway: the SAMINOR study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2008)OBJECTIVES: To investigate the prevalence of self-reported experiences of ethnic discrimination and bullying among Sami and non-Sami adults. STUDY DESIGN: Cross-sectional, questionnaire-based survey. METHODS: SAMINOR is a ... -
Ethnic discrimination and health: the relationship between experienced ethnic discrimination and multiple health domains in Norway's rural Sami population
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)OBJECTIVE: self-reported ethnic discrimination has been associated with a range of health outcomes. This study builds on previous efforts to investigate the prevalence of self-reported ethnic discrimination in the indigenous ... -
Ethnicity, self-reported health, discrimination and socio-economic status: a study of Sami and non-Sami Norwegian populations
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)Objectives: investigate the association between ethnicity, social factors and self-reported health conditions of Sami and non-Sami Norwegian populations. Study design: cross-sectional questionnaire. Methods: SAMINOR is a ... -
Health culture within the context of the Northern environment
(Journal article, 2003)Objectives: this article is part of an ethnographic study that aims to describe and understand health as a phenomenon of the Sami culture. Study Design: the article is based on literature concerning the northern environment ... -
Mental health of Sami Youth
(Journal article, 2004)Sami children and adolescents are the indigenous youngsters in Norway, mainly resided in the arctic part of the country. While disadvantaged living conditions, risk behavior and psychososial health problems has been shown ... -
Sami speakers are less satisfied with general practitioners' services
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2008)OBJECTIVES: the government's Action Plan for Health and Social Services states as a goal that the Sami population's encounter with health and social services should be just as good as what the rest of the population ... -
Sami-speaking municipalities and control group's access to somatic specialist health care (SHC): a retrospective study on general practitioners' referrals
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Objectives: the Sami people constitute the indigenous people in northern Norway. The objective of this study was to clarify whether they have a similar supply of somatic specialist health care (SHC) as others. Methods: the ... -
Should traditional healing be integrated within the mental health services in Sámi areas of northern Norway?: patient views and related factors
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009)OBJECTIVES: the purpose of this study was to evaluate whether including traditional healing methods within mental health services is desirable among users of these services in Sámi areas of northern Norway. STUDY DESIGN: ... -
Socioeconomic characteristics and health outcomes in Sami speaking municipalities and a control group in norther Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Objectives: the Sami people constitute an ethnic minority in northern Norway. The objectives of this study were to compare municipalities with a majority of Sami in the population and a control group with regard to ... -
The Sami-living conditions and health
(Journal article, 2008)The aim of this Special Issue is to show the diversity of living conditions among the Sami and their consequences on the health and rates of disease among this population living in the Sami areas of Norway, Sweden, Finland ... -
“There are more things in heaven and earth!” How knowledge about traditional healing affects clinical practice: interviews with conventional health personnel
(Journal article, 2017)People with Sami and Norwegian background are frequent users of traditional folk medicine (TM). Traditional healing, such as religious prayers of healing (reading) and the laying on of hands, are examples of commonly used ... -
“They take care of their own”: healthcare professionals’ constructions of Sami persons with dementia and their families’ reluctance to seek and accept help through attributions to multiple contexts
(Journal article, 2017)Background: Norwegian government white papers have stated that the Sami population is reluctant to seek help from healthcare services and has traditions of self-help and the use of local networks. Objective: In this article ... -
“We own the illness”: a qualitative study of networks in two communities with mixed ethnicity in Northern Norway
(Journal article, 2018)Background: When people in Northern Norway get ill, they often use traditional medicine. The global aim of this study was to examine the extended family networks’ function and responsibility in cases of illness in the ... -
What can we talk about, in which language, in what way and with whom?: Sami patients' experiences of language choice and cultural norm in mental health treatment
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)BACKGROUND: the Sami in Norway have a legal right to receive health services adapted to Sami language and culture. This calls for a study of the significance of language choice and cultural norms in Sami patients' encounters ... -
Yoik experiences and possible positive health outcomes: an explorative pilot study
(Journal article, 2017)Background: Yoik is an old vocal music tradition of Sami, the indigenous people inhabiting Northern Fennoscandia and Kola peninsula in Russia. Studies of music therapy (MT) and especially singing have documented improvements ... -
"You never know who are Sami or speak Sami": Clinicians' experiences with language-appropriate care to Sami-speaking patients in outpatient mental health clinics in Northern Norway
(Journal article, 2016)Background: The Indigenous population in Norway, the Sami, have a statutory right to speak and be spoken to in the Sami language when receiving health services. There is, however, limited knowledge about how clinicians ...