• 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 ...
    • Important Factors When Communicating with Sami Patients About Health, Illness and Care Issues 

      Mehus, Grete; Bongo, Berit Andersdatter; Moffitt, Pertice (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-11-21)
      <i>Norwegian abstract</i>: Kommunikasjon er viktig i utøvelsen av god omsorg. Formålet med denne studien er å utforske hvordan samer beskriver kommunikasjon i møte med helsepersonell når de snakker om helse, sykdom og omsorg og i tillegg hvilke faktorer de utpeker som viktige i denne konteksten. Elleve semi-strukturerte intervju ble gjennomført på samisk og transkribert til norsk. Det var både menn ...
    • Symposium on "parental education" at the ICCH17 

      Ingemann, Christine; Kvernmo, Siv; Møller, Helle; Moffitt, Pertice; Tagalik, Shirley; Kuhn, Rikke L; Nilsen, Siv Eirin; Rich, Rebecca; Larsen, Christina Viskum Lytken (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-04-22)
      This symposium report provides a brief overview of the six programmes and studies on parental education and maternal health services within the circumpolar region presented in the symposium “parental education” at the 17th International Congress of Circumpolar Health in Copenhagen, Denmark, August 2018.