Browsing Helse- og omsorgstjenester til den samiske befolkning i Norge by Subject "sami"
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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 ... -
"Something decent to wear": performances of being an insider and an outsider in Indigenous research
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)The point of departure for this article is the commitment in Indigenous research to reflect Indigenous contexts and worldviews. Based on an analysis of a story from my own research, I argue that Indigenous contexts (rather ... -
Struggles of being and becoming: a dialogical narrative analysis of the life stories of Sami elderly
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)The Sami are an indigenous people living in Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia. Historically, national states have made strong efforts to assimilate the Sami people into the majority populations, and the Sami have experienced ... -
The construction of Sami identity, health, and old age in policy documents and life stories: a discourse analysis and a narrative study
(Doctoral thesis, 2013)Dagens eldre samer har levd sine liv i en historisk periode preget av store sosiale endringer når det gjelder situasjonen til det samiske folk. De har opplevd den historiske perioden preget av assimilasjonspolitikk og ... -
The influence of cultural background in intercultural dementia care: exemplified by Sami patients
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Aim: To gain knowledge about how the original culture may influence communication and interaction with institutionalised patiens with dementia and of what particular cultural aspects may come to the fore, exemplified by ... -
“The Old Sami” – who is he and how should he be cared for?: a discourse analysis of Norwegian policy documents regarding care services for elderly Sami
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)This study examined four policy documents published by the Norwegian government from 1995 to 2009 describing issues regarding the provision of public services to elderly Sami in Norway. Adopting a Foucauldian discourse ... -
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 ... -
Traditional healing and the public mental health services in Sámi areas of northern Norway: interfaces and cooperation
(Doctoral thesis, 2009)Denne avhandlingen forsøker å se på samspillet mellom bruk av lokale hjelpertradisjoner utenfor helsevesenet og offentlige psykiske helsetjenester i Finnmark og Nord-Troms, og reiser spørsmålet om et eventuelt større ... -
Treatment Satisfaction and Recovery in Saami and Norwegian Patients Following Psychiatric Hospital Treatment: a Comparative Study
(Journal article, 2005)Treatment, treatment satisfaction and recovery in Saami and Norwegian patients treated in a psychiatric hospital were compared. Although half of the Saami patients preferred to speak Saami with their therapists, only one ... -
Use of health care in the main area of Sami habitation in Norway - catching up with national expenditure rates
(Journal article, 2011)For many years political and professional concerns have centred on the health service access of Norway’s modern Indigenous Sami people. Thirty years ago, a study determined that a low rate of health expenditure on Sami ... -
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 ...