Aspects of health services in Sami areas
Paper 3 of this thesis is not available in Munin: 3. Margrete Gaski: 'A comparative study of strategies for recruiting young Indigenous People to become physicians : nearly fifty years of preferential admission and support (accepted manuscript in Human Resources for Health) Helsepolitikk for sa...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/4142 2023-05-15T16:13:47+02:00 Aspects of health services in Sami areas Gaski, Margrete 2012-04-26 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/4142 eng eng University of Tromsø Universitetet i Tromsø ISM skriftserie, nr 124 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/4142 URN:NBN:no-uit_munin_3862 openAccess Copyright 2012 The Author(s) VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Helsetjeneste- og helseadministrasjonsforskning: 806 VDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800::Health service and health administration research: 806 Indigenous people Sami physicians DOKTOR-003 Doctoral thesis Doktorgradsavhandling 2012 ftunivtroemsoe 2021-06-25T17:53:16Z Paper 3 of this thesis is not available in Munin: 3. Margrete Gaski: 'A comparative study of strategies for recruiting young Indigenous People to become physicians : nearly fifty years of preferential admission and support (accepted manuscript in Human Resources for Health) Helsepolitikk for samer har bygd på antakelser om at språk- og kulturforskjeller mellom helsepersonell og pasienter fører til et underforbruk av helsetjenester og en dårligere helsetjeneste. Første studie i denne avhandlingen analyserer forbruket av sykehus, og avviser at det er et underforbruk av helsetjenester blant samer generelt, men finner at de eldste innbyggerne i samiske kommuner er noe sjeldnere på sykehus enn eldre ellers i landet. Siden 1963 har man forsøkt å forbedre helsetjenesten i samiske kommuner gjennom samisk kvote på helsefagutdanninger. Samisk kvote på medisin skulle resultere i flere samiske leger i samiske kommuner. En sporingsstudie i denne avhandlingen stiller spørsmål ved kvoter som egnet virkemiddel til dette i dag. En sammenlignende studie fra USA, Canada, Australia og New Zealand peker på at effekter av slike kvoteordninger sjelden undersøkes. Better health service for Sami people has been lifted on the political and professional agenda for many years and from several sides. As a response on a situation with difference in health gradients between the northernmost county of Finnmark, where many Sami live, and the counties further south in Norway, government actions has been implemented since the 1960s to strengthen the Sami people. Since 1980, problems of under-utilization of health services and communication between health workers and Sami patients are brought into focus, and Sami spokesmen still claim that the health services do not ensure the needs of Sami patients. The literature concerning health services for Sami patients indicate an early conclusion that the existence of health services research in the fields of health care utilization among Sami is limited to a few studies, not very wide-ranging. Along with the lack of knowledge about results of governmental action following the political and professional concerns related to health services for Sami, research needs for this thesis were identified. The overall aim of this thesis is to explore empirically aspects of health services in Sami municipalities, and compare with other indigenous people. This work is carried out in the interface between several fields and disciplines. It draws upon theory and research from political science, geography, anthropology, and health science. It is based on three separate studies. Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis Finnmark sami samisk Finnmark University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Canada Norway New Zealand Bygd ENVELOPE(15.403,15.403,68.727,68.727) |
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Paper 3 of this thesis is not available in Munin: 3. Margrete Gaski: 'A comparative study of strategies for recruiting young Indigenous People to become physicians : nearly fifty years of preferential admission and support (accepted manuscript in Human Resources for Health) Helsepolitikk for samer har bygd på antakelser om at språk- og kulturforskjeller mellom helsepersonell og pasienter fører til et underforbruk av helsetjenester og en dårligere helsetjeneste. Første studie i denne avhandlingen analyserer forbruket av sykehus, og avviser at det er et underforbruk av helsetjenester blant samer generelt, men finner at de eldste innbyggerne i samiske kommuner er noe sjeldnere på sykehus enn eldre ellers i landet. Siden 1963 har man forsøkt å forbedre helsetjenesten i samiske kommuner gjennom samisk kvote på helsefagutdanninger. Samisk kvote på medisin skulle resultere i flere samiske leger i samiske kommuner. En sporingsstudie i denne avhandlingen stiller spørsmål ved kvoter som egnet virkemiddel til dette i dag. En sammenlignende studie fra USA, Canada, Australia og New Zealand peker på at effekter av slike kvoteordninger sjelden undersøkes. Better health service for Sami people has been lifted on the political and professional agenda for many years and from several sides. As a response on a situation with difference in health gradients between the northernmost county of Finnmark, where many Sami live, and the counties further south in Norway, government actions has been implemented since the 1960s to strengthen the Sami people. Since 1980, problems of under-utilization of health services and communication between health workers and Sami patients are brought into focus, and Sami spokesmen still claim that the health services do not ensure the needs of Sami patients. The literature concerning health services for Sami patients indicate an early conclusion that the existence of health services research in the fields of health care utilization among Sami is limited to a few studies, not very wide-ranging. Along with the lack of knowledge about results of governmental action following the political and professional concerns related to health services for Sami, research needs for this thesis were identified. The overall aim of this thesis is to explore empirically aspects of health services in Sami municipalities, and compare with other indigenous people. This work is carried out in the interface between several fields and disciplines. It draws upon theory and research from political science, geography, anthropology, and health science. It is based on three separate studies. |
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Aspects of health services in Sami areas |
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Aspects of health services in Sami areas |
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Aspects of health services in Sami areas |
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aspects of health services in sami areas |
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University of Tromsø |
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2012 |
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https://hdl.handle.net/10037/4142 |
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ENVELOPE(15.403,15.403,68.727,68.727) |
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Canada Norway New Zealand Bygd |
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Canada Norway New Zealand Bygd |
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Finnmark sami samisk Finnmark |
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Finnmark sami samisk Finnmark |
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ISM skriftserie, nr 124 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/4142 URN:NBN:no-uit_munin_3862 |
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