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dc.contributor.authorDagsvold, Inger Johanne
dc.contributor.authorMøllersen, Snefrid
dc.contributor.authorStordahl, Vigdis
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-07T13:35:21Z
dc.date.available2016-03-07T13:35:21Z
dc.date.issued2015-05-13
dc.description.abstract<p><i>Background - </i>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 with mental health services. <p><i>Objectives - </i>To explore the significance of language and cultural norms in communication about mental health topics experienced by Sami patients receiving mental health treatment to enhance our understanding of linguistic and cultural adaptation of health services. <p><i>Method - </i>Data were collected through individual interviews with 4 Sami patients receiving mental health treatment in Northern Norway. A systematic text reduction and a thematic analysis were employed. <p><i>Findings - </i>Two themes were identified: (I) Language choice is influenced by language competence, with whom one talks and what one talks about. Bilingualism was a resource and natural part of the participants’ lives, but there were limited possibilities to speak Sami in encounters with health services. A professional working relationship was placed on an equal footing with the possibility to speak Sami. (II) Cultural norms influence what one talks about, in what way and to whom. However, norms could be bypassed, by talking about norm-regulated topics in Norwegian with health providers. <p><i>Conclusion - </i>Sami patients’ language choice in different communication situations is influenced by a complexity of social and cultural factors. Sami patients have varying opinions about and preferences for what they can talk about, in which language, in what way and with whom. Bilingualism and knowledge about both Sami and Norwegian culture provide latitude and enhanced possibilities for both patients and the health services. The challenge for the health services is to allow for and safeguard such individual variations within the cultural framework of the patients.en_US
dc.descriptionSource at <a href=https://doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v74.26952>https://doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v74.26952</a>.
dc.identifier.citationDagsvold, I., Møllersen, S. & Stordahl, V. (2015). What can we talk about, in which language, in what way and with whom? Sami patients’experiences of language choice and cultural norms in mental health treatment. <i>International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 74</i>(1), 26952. https://doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v74.26952en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1248131
dc.identifier.doi10.3402/ijch.v74.26952
dc.identifier.issn1239-9736
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/8726
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-uit_munin_8295
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>
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dc.subjectNorwayen_US
dc.subjectSamien_US
dc.subjectmental healthen_US
dc.subjectqualitativeen_US
dc.subjectexperiencesen_US
dc.subjectlanguageen_US
dc.subjectcultureen_US
dc.subjectcultural normsen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Samfunnsmedisin, sosialmedisin: 801en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800::Community medicine, Social medicine: 801en_US
dc.titleWhat can we talk about, in which language, in what way and with whom? Sami patients’ experiences of language choice and cultural norms in mental health treatmenten_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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