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dc.contributor.authorDagsvold, Inger Johanne
dc.contributor.authorMøllersen, Snefrid
dc.contributor.authorStordahl, Vigdis
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-10T09:11:39Z
dc.date.available2017-01-10T09:11:39Z
dc.date.issued2016-11-10
dc.description.abstract<p><i>Background - </i>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 deal with this in clinical practice. This study explores how clinicians deal with language-appropriate care with Sami-speaking patients in specialist mental health services. <p><i>Objectives - </i>This study aims to explore how clinicians identify and respond to Sami patients’ language data, as well as how they experience provision of therapy to Sami-speaking patients in outpatient mental health clinics in Sami language administrative districts. <p><i>Method - </i>Data were collected using qualitative method, through individual interviews with 20 therapists working in outpatient mental health clinics serving Sami populations in northern Norway. A thematic analysis inspired by systematic text reduction was employed. <p><i>Findings - </i>Two themes were identified: (a) identification of Sami patients’ language data and (b) experiences with provision of therapy to Sami-speaking patients. <p><i>Conclusion - </i>Findings indicate that clinicians are not aware of patients’ language needs prior to admission and that they deal with identification of language data and offer of language-appropriate care ad hoc when patients arrive. Sami-speaking participants reported always offering language choice and found more profound understanding of patients’ experiences when Sami language was used. Whatever language Sami-speaking patients may choose, they are found to switch between languages during therapy. Most non-Sami-speaking participants reported offering Sami-speaking services, but the patients chose to speak Norwegian. However, a few of the participants maintained language awareness and could identify language needs despite a patient’s refusal to speak Sami in therapy. Finally, some non-Sami-speaking participants were satisfied if they understood what the patients were saying. They left it to patients to address language problems, only to discover patients’ complaints in retrospect. Consequently, language-appropriate care depends on individual clinicians’ language assessment and offering of language choice.en_US
dc.descriptionSource at <a href=https://doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v75.32588>https://doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v75.32588</a>.
dc.identifier.citationDagsvold, I., Møllersen, S. & Stordahl, V. (2016). “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. <i>International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 75</i>(1), 32588. https://doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v75.32588en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1399133
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v75.32588
dc.identifier.issn1239-9736
dc.identifier.issn2242-3982
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/10126
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_US
dc.relation.ispartofDagsvold, I. (2019). Cultural adaption of mental health services to the Sami. A qualitative study on the incorporation of Sami language and culture into mental health services. (Doctoral thesis). <a href=https://hdl.handle.net/10037/16468>https://hdl.handle.net/10037/16468 </a>
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.subjectSamien_US
dc.subjectmental healthen_US
dc.subjectqualitative studyen_US
dc.subjectlanguage-appropriate servicesen_US
dc.subjectlanguage switchen_US
dc.subjectequitable health servicesen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Helsetjeneste- og helseadministrasjonsforskning: 806en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800::Health service and health administration research: 806en_US
dc.title“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.en_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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