Experiences of well-being among Sami and Roma women in a Swedish context

• Published in: Health Care for Women International
• Main Authors: Aléx, Lena, Lehti, Arja
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: sami; women; well-being; Sweden; same; samisk; rom; kvinner; velvære; Sverige
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2444943; https://doi.org/10.1080/07399332.2012.740110

Artikkel basert på intervju med eldre samiske kvinner og middeladrende Rom kvinner i Sverige. Our aim was to explore the experiences of well-being and lack of well-being among middle-aged and older women belonging to two national minority groups in Sweden. Interviews from nine older Sami women and four middle-aged Roma women were analyzed using grounded theory with the following categories identified: contributing to well-being (with the subcategories belonging to a healthy family, being spiritual, cultural norms as health promoting, and having had a life of one's own); and contributing to lack of well-being (with the subcategories living subordinate to the dominant society, living in a hierarchical family, and living in the shadow of tuberculosis).