The health of young Swedish Sami with special reference to mental health
Objectives. To investigate the health of young Sami in Sweden and the relationship between health and experience of negative societal treatment due to ethnicity, as well as socio-demographic background factors. Study design. Cross-sectional population-based questionnaire study. Methods. A total of 8...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:295692c70e454e16a5e9e28454d817c9 2023-05-15T15:08:35+02:00 The health of young Swedish Sami with special reference to mental health Lotta Omma Lars H. Jacobsson Solveig Petersen 2012-07-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v71i0.18381 https://doaj.org/article/295692c70e454e16a5e9e28454d817c9 EN eng Taylor & Francis Group http://www.circumpolarhealthjournal.net/index.php/ijch/article/view/18381/pdf_1 https://doaj.org/toc/2242-3982 doi:10.3402/ijch.v71i0.18381 2242-3982 https://doaj.org/article/295692c70e454e16a5e9e28454d817c9 International Journal of Circumpolar Health, Vol 71, Iss 0, Pp 1-10 (2012) young Sami mental health perceived discrimination Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2012 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v71i0.18381 2022-12-30T21:23:33Z Objectives. To investigate the health of young Sami in Sweden and the relationship between health and experience of negative societal treatment due to ethnicity, as well as socio-demographic background factors. Study design. Cross-sectional population-based questionnaire study. Methods. A total of 876 persons aged 18–28 and involved in Sami associated activities were addressed, and 516 (59%) responded to a questionnaire investigating physical health, mental health, and stress. Data were analyzed with regard to gender, family situation, occupation, education, enculturation factors and experience of being badly treated because of ethnicity. Results. A majority of the young Sami reported feeling healthy, but close to half of the group reported often having worries, often forgetting things and often experiencing lack of time for doing needed things. Women and those living alone reported a more negative health. Furthermore, half of the group had perceived bad treatment because of Sami ethnicity, and this was negatively associated with some aspects of mental health. Conclusion. The young Sami had a rather good and possibly slightly better health than other young Swedes, except regarding worries and stress. A high degree of bad treatment due to Sami ethnicity and its negative association with health, may partly explain the high degree of some health problems. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Circumpolar Health International Journal of Circumpolar Health sami Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic International Journal of Circumpolar Health 71 1 18381 |
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Objectives. To investigate the health of young Sami in Sweden and the relationship between health and experience of negative societal treatment due to ethnicity, as well as socio-demographic background factors. Study design. Cross-sectional population-based questionnaire study. Methods. A total of 876 persons aged 18–28 and involved in Sami associated activities were addressed, and 516 (59%) responded to a questionnaire investigating physical health, mental health, and stress. Data were analyzed with regard to gender, family situation, occupation, education, enculturation factors and experience of being badly treated because of ethnicity. Results. A majority of the young Sami reported feeling healthy, but close to half of the group reported often having worries, often forgetting things and often experiencing lack of time for doing needed things. Women and those living alone reported a more negative health. Furthermore, half of the group had perceived bad treatment because of Sami ethnicity, and this was negatively associated with some aspects of mental health. Conclusion. The young Sami had a rather good and possibly slightly better health than other young Swedes, except regarding worries and stress. A high degree of bad treatment due to Sami ethnicity and its negative association with health, may partly explain the high degree of some health problems. |
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The health of young Swedish Sami with special reference to mental health |
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