Health service use in indigenous Sami and non-indigenous youth in North Norway: A population based survey
Abstract Background This is the first population based study exploring health service use and ethno-cultural factors in indigenous Sami and non-Sami youth in North Norway. The first aim of the present study was to compare the frequency of health service use between Sami adolescents and their non-ind...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:ed9dbb94edc148ce9bf53ae1016ad02e 2023-05-15T15:15:59+02:00 Health service use in indigenous Sami and non-indigenous youth in North Norway: A population based survey Skre Ingunn B Bals Margrethe Turi Anne Kvernmo Siv 2009-10-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-9-378 https://doaj.org/article/ed9dbb94edc148ce9bf53ae1016ad02e EN eng BMC http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/9/378 https://doaj.org/toc/1471-2458 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-9-378 1471-2458 https://doaj.org/article/ed9dbb94edc148ce9bf53ae1016ad02e BMC Public Health, Vol 9, Iss 1, p 378 (2009) Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2009 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-9-378 2022-12-31T01:43:29Z Abstract Background This is the first population based study exploring health service use and ethno-cultural factors in indigenous Sami and non-Sami youth in North Norway. The first aim of the present study was to compare the frequency of health service use between Sami adolescents and their non-indigenous peers. The second aim was to explore the relationships between health service use and ethno-cultural factors, such as ethnic context, Sami self-identification, perceived discrimination and Sami language competence. Finally, we wanted to explore the relationship between use of health services and emotional and behavioural problems. Method The Norwegian Arctic Adolescent Health Study was conducted among 10th graders (15-16 years old) in junior high schools in North Norway. The sample consisted of 4,449 adolescents, of whom 450 (10.1%) were indigenous Sami and 3,999 (89.9%) were non-Sami. Results Sami and non-Sami youth used all health services with equal frequency. However, several ethno-cultural factors were found to influence health service use. Sami youth in more assimilated ethnic contexts used general practitioners more than non-Sami youth. Youth with Sami self-identification had a higher probability of using the school health service compared with other youth. Ethnic barriers to health service use were also identified. Sami speaking youth with a high degree of perceived discrimination had lower probability of using school health services than non-Sami speaking youth. Sami youth with conduct problems were less likely than non-Sami to use psychologist/psychiatrist. The present study demonstrated a relationship between health need and actual health service use. Conclusion Culture-specific factors influenced the help-seeking process in indigenous youth; some factors acted as barriers against health service use and other factors increased the probability of health service use. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic North Norway sami sami Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Norway BMC Public Health 9 1 |
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Abstract Background This is the first population based study exploring health service use and ethno-cultural factors in indigenous Sami and non-Sami youth in North Norway. The first aim of the present study was to compare the frequency of health service use between Sami adolescents and their non-indigenous peers. The second aim was to explore the relationships between health service use and ethno-cultural factors, such as ethnic context, Sami self-identification, perceived discrimination and Sami language competence. Finally, we wanted to explore the relationship between use of health services and emotional and behavioural problems. Method The Norwegian Arctic Adolescent Health Study was conducted among 10th graders (15-16 years old) in junior high schools in North Norway. The sample consisted of 4,449 adolescents, of whom 450 (10.1%) were indigenous Sami and 3,999 (89.9%) were non-Sami. Results Sami and non-Sami youth used all health services with equal frequency. However, several ethno-cultural factors were found to influence health service use. Sami youth in more assimilated ethnic contexts used general practitioners more than non-Sami youth. Youth with Sami self-identification had a higher probability of using the school health service compared with other youth. Ethnic barriers to health service use were also identified. Sami speaking youth with a high degree of perceived discrimination had lower probability of using school health services than non-Sami speaking youth. Sami youth with conduct problems were less likely than non-Sami to use psychologist/psychiatrist. The present study demonstrated a relationship between health need and actual health service use. Conclusion Culture-specific factors influenced the help-seeking process in indigenous youth; some factors acted as barriers against health service use and other factors increased the probability of health service use. |
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Health service use in indigenous Sami and non-indigenous youth in North Norway: A population based survey |
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Health service use in indigenous Sami and non-indigenous youth in North Norway: A population based survey |
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Health service use in indigenous Sami and non-indigenous youth in North Norway: A population based survey |
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Health service use in indigenous Sami and non-indigenous youth in North Norway: A population based survey |
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Health service use in indigenous Sami and non-indigenous youth in North Norway: A population based survey |
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health service use in indigenous sami and non-indigenous youth in north norway: a population based survey |
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