Blar i forfatter "Mehus, Grete"
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The art of yoik in care: Sami caregivers' experiences in dementia in Northern Norway
Hämäläinen, Soile; Musial, Frauke; Graff, Ola; Schirmer, Henrik; Salamonsen, Anita; Mehus, Grete (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-06-26)<i>Purpose</i>: Yoik is the traditional vocal art of the Sami, the indigenous people of Fennoscandia. The Sami people, their land and their culture have been subject to colonisation and assimilation for centuries, hence the practice of yoik was lost in many regions. Despite an increasing awareness of the benefits of health musicking, yoik is only sporadically included in musicking practices in ... -
Delrapport I fra prosjektet "Snøscooter og trafikksikkerhet" Litteraturgjennomgang av kunnskap knyttet til snøscooterulykker i Skandinavia, USA og Canada
Mehus, Alf Gunnar; Mehus, Grete; Germeten, Sidsel (Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2008) -
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 ... -
How young people comminicate risks of snowmobiling in northern Norway : a focus group study.
Mehus, Grete; Germeten, Sidsel; Henriksen, Nils Oddbjørn (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2011)This study aims to understand how the risks of snowmobiling are communicated among northern Norwegian youths. A qualitative design with focus group interviews was chosen. Interviews centred on safety precautions and estimation of risks related to snowmobiling and driving patterns. Eighty-one students (31 girls and 50 boys) aged between 16 and 23 years from 8 high schools were interviewed in 17 ... -
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 ... -
Kunnskapsoppsummering og litteraturgjennomgang av samiske helse- og omsorgstjenester - med særlig vekt på demens, terminalomsorg og kulturens betydning i pleie- og omsorgsutøvelsen
Mehus, Grete; Bongo, Berit Andersdatter (Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2012) -
Kunnskapsoppsummering og litteraturgjennomgang av samiske helse- og omsorgstjenester - med særlig vekt på demens, terminalomsorg og kulturens betydning i pleie- og omsorgsutøvelsen
Mehus, Grete; Bongo, Berit Andersdatter (Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2012) -
Om uformell omsorg: en kvalitativ studie fra sjøsamiske kystsamfunn i Finnmark
Mehus, Grete; Giæver, Anne (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-12-02)I Norge er det en helsepolitisk målsetting at alle skal kunne bo hjemme lengst mulig, også hvis man trenger helsehjelp som kan gis hjemme. For å muliggjøre dette er uformell omsorg svært viktig. Over 50 % av befolkningen er involvert i uformelle omsorgsoppgaver. Dette innebærer blant annet tilsyn, bistand til handling, husvask og transport og noen ganger oppgaver av mer helsemessig art. Hensikten ... -
Pallitative care in rural and remote areas. Challenges facing rural nurses in palliative cancer care in the far North of Norway
Edvardsen, Trine Lise; Lorem, Geir F; Mehus, Grete (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-10-02)In Finnmark, the northernmost county of Norway, many villages are remote and scattered between vast stretches of uninhabited land, with mountain crossings that are often closed in winter or where one can only drive in single file behind a snowplough. This may mean periodic total isolation and daily challenges with long distances to other professionals and hospitals. These special circumstances mean ... -
Reindriftssamer har pleie- og omsorgsbehov i to kommuner
Eira, June Brita; Mehus, Grete (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2022-01-23)Hensikten med artikkelen er å belyse en kommunes erfaringer med å samhandle og vurdere behov for pleie- og omsorgstjenester for samiske pasienter som tilhører reindriften og kommer til sommerhjemmet. Dette er en viktig problemstilling med tanke på reindriftssamenes rett til likeverdige helsetjenester uavhengig av hvor de oppholder seg. -
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 health care: ‘He speaks good enough Norwegian, I don’t see why he needs an interpreter’
Sivertsen, Nina; Bongo, Berit Andersdatter; Mehus, Grete; Engnes, Janne Eirin Isaksen (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-05-04)Introduction: The Indigenous people of Norway are legally entitled to use their Sámi language in encounters with healthcare services, yet these encounters are generally con ducted in Norwegian language. The right to Sámi language and culture in health is par ticularly relegated when Sámi healthcare personnel is not present. This neglect of Sámi language and culture in the Norwegian healthcare ... -
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 ... -
The struggle against perceived negligence. A qualitative study of patients’ experiences of adverse events in Norwegian hospitals
Hågensen, Gunn; Nilsen, Gudrun; Mehus, Grete; Henriksen, Nils Oddbjørn (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-04-25)<p><i>Background</i>: Every year, 14 % of patients in Norwegian hospitals experience adverse events, which often have health-damaging consequences. The government, hospital management and health personnel attempt to minimize such events. Limited research on the first-hand experience of the patients affected is available. The aim of this study is to present patients’ perspectives of the occurrence ... -
Sykepleieforskning i rurale områder i Norge; en scoping review
De Smedt, Svenja; Mehus, Grete (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017)In Norway, many areas can be classified as rural on climatic, geographic or demographic grounds. The rural context means that nurses and patients face circumstances and situations that are different, or do not occur in urban areas. The aim of this study was to identify existing research literature to ascertain what is known about nursing in rural areas of Norway. Scoping review, following Arksey and ... -
Ungdom og snøscooterkjøring i Finnmark, Nord-Troms og på Svalbard : en studie av ungdoms forhold til snøscooterkjøring, risikotaking, ulykker og uhell med foreslåtte forebyggingsstrategier.
Mehus, Grete (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2012-12-11)Målet med prosjektet er å få frem aktørenes fokus for forebygging av ulykker og skader og å belyse hva de anser som helsefremmende med snøscooterkjøring. Gjennom fokusgruppe intervju med 30 jenter og 51 gutter om hvordan de ser på snøscooterkjøring, risiko, ulykker, og hva de gjør for å unngå uhell og ulykker, har vi fått innsikt i hva som bør være fokus i de forebyggende strategier som velges. ... -
Urfolksperspektiv i utdanning. Sykepleierutdanninger i Norge uten urfolkskunnskap?
Eriksen, Liss Trine; Bongo, Berit Andersdatter; Mehus, Grete (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017)Bakgrunn: <br> Urfolksperspektiv i utdanning. Sykepleieutdanninger i Norge uten urfolkskunnskap? Hensikten med denne studien er å utforske urfolksperspektiv i utdanningen av sykepleiere i Norge. <br>Metode:<br> I studien deltar 25 av de 26 norske sykepleierutdanninger. Det ble gjennomført en dokumentanalyse som er en kvalitativ innholdsanalyse av fagplan for hver enkelt utdanning, der samiske ... -
Yoik in Sami elderly and dementia care – A potential for a culture sensitive music therapy?
Hämäläinen, Soile Päivikki; Salamonsen, Anita; Mehus, Grete; Schirmer, Henrik; Graff, Ola; Musial, Frauke (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-02-17)<p><i>Introduction:</i> The positive impact of familiar, individualized and patient-preferred music in dementia care is acknowledged in the literature. However, traditional indigenous music practices in care contexts are less studied. This study focuses on yoik, a traditional vocal music of the indigenous Sami people of Fennoscandia. The aims of this exploratory study were to investigate key ...