Sámi traditional medicine and complementary and alternative medicine – a descriptive study of use within the Sámi population of Sweden
ABSTRACTTraditional medicine has been practised for millennia in the Sámi population, based on a Sámi worldview and cosmology, which includes natural remedies, prayers, drums and yoik singing. During the Christianisation of the Sámi during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, these practices we...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:8c05817c6e6843898d4eb0d1f70110b0 2024-01-21T10:04:01+01:00 Sámi traditional medicine and complementary and alternative medicine – a descriptive study of use within the Sámi population of Sweden Anne Ouma Lars Jacobsson Lena-Maria Nilsson 2023-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2023.2222908 https://doaj.org/article/8c05817c6e6843898d4eb0d1f70110b0 EN eng Taylor & Francis Group https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/22423982.2023.2222908 https://doaj.org/toc/2242-3982 doi:10.1080/22423982.2023.2222908 2242-3982 https://doaj.org/article/8c05817c6e6843898d4eb0d1f70110b0 International Journal of Circumpolar Health, Vol 82, Iss 1 (2023) Sámi Traditional Medicine (STM) Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) Health education Sápmi Descriptive study Sámi Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2023 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2023.2222908 2023-12-24T01:42:47Z ABSTRACTTraditional medicine has been practised for millennia in the Sámi population, based on a Sámi worldview and cosmology, which includes natural remedies, prayers, drums and yoik singing. During the Christianisation of the Sámi during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, these practices were condemned. In recent years, however, a revival of Sámi culture has occurred and so has the practice of Sámi traditional medicine (STM) and the use of complementary alternative medicine (CAM). The aim of this study is to map the prevalence and use of STM and CAM among Sámi in Sweden today. The study population consisted of 3641 Sámi from the whole of Sweden, who had participated in the population-based cross-sectional survey Sámi Health on Equal Terms (SámiHET) in 2021. Our results show that women are more prone to use both STM and CAM than men and that younger persons are more likely to use STM and CAM than elderly persons. STM is more often used in the northern parts of Sápmi compared to the southern parts as well as a lower use of CAM in the north. This might be due to the stronger Sámi identity and easier access to traditional Sámi healers/helpers in the north as well as limited access to CAM services Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Circumpolar Health International Journal of Circumpolar Health Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic International Journal of Circumpolar Health 82 1 |
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ABSTRACTTraditional medicine has been practised for millennia in the Sámi population, based on a Sámi worldview and cosmology, which includes natural remedies, prayers, drums and yoik singing. During the Christianisation of the Sámi during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, these practices were condemned. In recent years, however, a revival of Sámi culture has occurred and so has the practice of Sámi traditional medicine (STM) and the use of complementary alternative medicine (CAM). The aim of this study is to map the prevalence and use of STM and CAM among Sámi in Sweden today. The study population consisted of 3641 Sámi from the whole of Sweden, who had participated in the population-based cross-sectional survey Sámi Health on Equal Terms (SámiHET) in 2021. Our results show that women are more prone to use both STM and CAM than men and that younger persons are more likely to use STM and CAM than elderly persons. STM is more often used in the northern parts of Sápmi compared to the southern parts as well as a lower use of CAM in the north. This might be due to the stronger Sámi identity and easier access to traditional Sámi healers/helpers in the north as well as limited access to CAM services |
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Sámi traditional medicine and complementary and alternative medicine – a descriptive study of use within the Sámi population of Sweden |
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Sámi traditional medicine and complementary and alternative medicine – a descriptive study of use within the Sámi population of Sweden |
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Sámi traditional medicine and complementary and alternative medicine – a descriptive study of use within the Sámi population of Sweden |
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