"If you do not birget [manage] then you don't belong here" : a qualitative focus group study on the cultural meanings of suicide among Indigenous Sámi in arctic Norway
Suicide is a major public health issue across the Arctic, especially among Indigenous Peoples. The aim of this study was to explore and describe cultural meanings of suicide among Sámi in Norway. Five open-ended focus group discussions (FGDs) were conducted with 22 Sámi (20) and non-Sámi (2) partici...
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ftumeauniv:oai:DiVA.org:umu-170757 2023-10-09T21:48:48+02:00 "If you do not birget [manage] then you don't belong here" : a qualitative focus group study on the cultural meanings of suicide among Indigenous Sámi in arctic Norway Stoor, Jon Petter A. Berntsen, Gro Hjelmeland, Heidi Silviken, Anne 2019 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-170757 https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2019.1565861 eng eng Sámi Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Mental Health and Substance Use, Finnmark Hospital Trust, Karasjok, Norway Northern Norway Violence, Traumatic Stress and Suicide Prevention Resource Centre, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway Sámi Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Mental Health and Substance Use, Finnmark Hospital Trust, Karasjok, Norway; Centre for Sámi Health Research, Department of Community Medicine, UiT – the Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 1239-9736, 2019, 78:1, orcid:0000-0002-1580-8307 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-170757 doi:10.1080/22423982.2019.1565861 PMID 30675809 ISI:000456540200001 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Saami Sami Sapmi Sápmi focus group discussions mental health Public Health Global Health Social Medicine and Epidemiology Folkhälsovetenskap global hälsa socialmedicin och epidemiologi Article in journal info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2019 ftumeauniv https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2019.1565861 2023-09-22T13:55:09Z Suicide is a major public health issue across the Arctic, especially among Indigenous Peoples. The aim of this study was to explore and describe cultural meanings of suicide among Sámi in Norway. Five open-ended focus group discussions (FGDs) were conducted with 22 Sámi (20) and non-Sámi (2) participants in South, Lule, Marka, coastal and North Sámi communities in Norway. FGDs were recorded, transcribed verbatim and analysed employing thematic analysis. Six themes were developed from the analysis: "Sámi are treated negatively by the majority society", "Some Sámi face negative treatment from other Sámi", "The historic losses of the Sámi have turned into a void", "Sámi are not provided with equal mental health care", "The strong Sámi networks have both positive and negative impacts" and "'Birgetkultuvvra' might be a problem". The findings indicate that the participants understand suicide among Sámi in relation to increased problem load for Sámi (difficulties in life not encountered by non-Sámi) and inadequate problem-solving mechanisms on different levels, including lack of equal mental health care for Sámi and cultural values of managing by oneself ("ieš birget"). The findings are important when designing suicide prevention initiatives specifically targeting Sámi. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Circumpolar Health International Journal of Circumpolar Health North Sámi saami sami sami Sapmi Umeå University: Publications (DiVA) Arctic Norway International Journal of Circumpolar Health 78 1 1565861 |
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Suicide is a major public health issue across the Arctic, especially among Indigenous Peoples. The aim of this study was to explore and describe cultural meanings of suicide among Sámi in Norway. Five open-ended focus group discussions (FGDs) were conducted with 22 Sámi (20) and non-Sámi (2) participants in South, Lule, Marka, coastal and North Sámi communities in Norway. FGDs were recorded, transcribed verbatim and analysed employing thematic analysis. Six themes were developed from the analysis: "Sámi are treated negatively by the majority society", "Some Sámi face negative treatment from other Sámi", "The historic losses of the Sámi have turned into a void", "Sámi are not provided with equal mental health care", "The strong Sámi networks have both positive and negative impacts" and "'Birgetkultuvvra' might be a problem". The findings indicate that the participants understand suicide among Sámi in relation to increased problem load for Sámi (difficulties in life not encountered by non-Sámi) and inadequate problem-solving mechanisms on different levels, including lack of equal mental health care for Sámi and cultural values of managing by oneself ("ieš birget"). The findings are important when designing suicide prevention initiatives specifically targeting Sámi. |
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"If you do not birget [manage] then you don't belong here" : a qualitative focus group study on the cultural meanings of suicide among Indigenous Sámi in arctic Norway |
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"If you do not birget [manage] then you don't belong here" : a qualitative focus group study on the cultural meanings of suicide among Indigenous Sámi in arctic Norway |
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"If you do not birget [manage] then you don't belong here" : a qualitative focus group study on the cultural meanings of suicide among Indigenous Sámi in arctic Norway |
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"If you do not birget [manage] then you don't belong here" : a qualitative focus group study on the cultural meanings of suicide among Indigenous Sámi in arctic Norway |
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"If you do not birget [manage] then you don't belong here" : a qualitative focus group study on the cultural meanings of suicide among Indigenous Sámi in arctic Norway |
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"if you do not birget [manage] then you don't belong here" : a qualitative focus group study on the cultural meanings of suicide among indigenous sámi in arctic norway |
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Sámi Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Mental Health and Substance Use, Finnmark Hospital Trust, Karasjok, Norway |
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