Blar i forfatter Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet "Engnes, Janne Isaksen"
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Exploring why and how encounters with the Norwegian health-care system can be considered culturally unsafe by North Sami-speaking patients and relatives: A qualitative study based on 11 interviews
Mehus, Grete; Bongo, Berit Andersdatter; Engnes, Janne Isaksen; Moffitt, Pertice (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-05-09)<p><i>Background - </i>Citizens of Norway have free and equal access to healthcare. Nurses are expected to be culturally sensitive and have cultural knowledge in encounters with patients. Culturally safe care is considered both a process and an outcome, evaluated by whether the patients feel safe, empowered and cared for, or not. All patients request equal access to quality care in Norway, also Sami ... -
Læringssti Eldreomsorg, Internt FoU prosjekt
Engnes, Janne Isaksen; Immonen, Ingrid B (Others; Andre, 2014) -
Sámi and Norwegian nurses’ perspectives on nursing care of Sámi patients: a focus group study on culturally safe nursing
Engnes, Janne Isaksen; Sivertsen, Nina; Bongo, Berit Andersdatter; Mehus, Grete (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-07-01)Sámi people report less satisfaction with healthcare services than the majority population in Norway, and report that they seldom encounter culturally adapted health services. This study investigates Sámi and Norwegian nurses’ perspectives on culturally respectful and appropriate caring for Sámi patients in northern Norway. Six focus groups were conducted: three with Sámi-speaking nurses (n = 13) ... -
Sámi language in Norwegian healthcare: “He speaks good enough Norwegian, I don’t see why he needs an interpreter”
Engnes, Janne Isaksen; Sivertsen, Nina; Bongo, Berit Andersdatter; Mehus, Grete (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-05-04)<p>Introduction: The Indigenous people of Norway are legally entitled to use their Sámi language in encounters with healthcare services, yet these encounters are generally conducted in Norwegian language. The right to Sámi language and culture in health is particularly relegated when Sámi healthcare personnel is not present. This neglect of Sámi language and culture in the Norwegian healthcare system ...