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dc.contributor.authorTuri, Anne Lene
dc.contributor.authorBals, Margrethe
dc.contributor.authorSkre, Ingunn B.
dc.contributor.authorKvernmo, Siv
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-07T12:37:01Z
dc.date.available2017-06-07T12:37:01Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.identifier.citationTuri, A.L., Bals, M., Skre, I.B. & Kvernmo, S. (2009) Health service use in indigenous Sami and non-indigenous youth in North Norway: a population based survey. BMC Public Health, 9(October), s. 378-387.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2444931
dc.descriptionArtikkel som omhandler bruk av helsetjenester blant samisk og ikke-samisk ungdom i Nord-Norge.
dc.description.abstractBackground: this is the first population based study exploring health service use and ethnocultural factors in indigenous Sami and non-Sami youth in North Norway. The first aim of the present study was to compare the frequency of health service use between Sami adolescents and their non-indigenous peers. The second aim was to explore the relationships between health service use and ethno-cultural factors, such as ethnic context, Sami self-identification, perceived discrimination and Sami language competence. Finally, we wanted to explore the relationship between use of health services and emotional and behavioural problems. Method: the Norwegian Arctic Adolescent Health Study was conducted among 10th graders (15-16 years old) in junior high schools in North Norway. The sample consisted of 4,449 adolescents, of whom 450 (10.1%) were indigenous Sami and 3,999 (89.9%) were non-Sami. Results: Sami and non-Sami youth used all health services with equal frequency. However, several ethno-cultural factors were found to influence health service use. Sami youth in more assimilated ethnic contexts used general practitioners more than non-Sami youth. Youth with Sami selfidentification had a higher probability of using the school health service compared with other youth. Ethnic barriers to health service use were also identified. Sami speaking youth with a high degree of perceived discrimination had lower probability of using school health services than non-Sami speaking youth. Sami youth with conduct problems were less likely than non-Sami to use psychologist/psychiatrist. The present study demonstrated a relationship between health need and actual health service use. Conclusion: culture-specific factors influenced the help-seeking process in indigenous youth; some factors acted as barriers against health service use and other factors increased the probability of health service use.
dc.description.sponsorshipCenter for Sami Health Research, UiT; The Norwegian Institute of Public Health
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no
dc.subjectsami
dc.subjectindigenous
dc.subjectyouth
dc.subjecthealth service use
dc.subjectsamer
dc.subjecturfolk
dc.subjectungdom
dc.subjecthelsetjeneste
dc.subjectbruk
dc.titleHealth service use in indigenous Sami and non-indigenous youth in North Norway: a population based survey
dc.typeJournal article
dc.typePeer reviewed
dc.rights.holderTuri, Anne Lene
dc.source.volume9
dc.source.journalBMC Public Health
dc.source.issueOctober
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/1471-2458-9-378


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