12 research outputs found
Prevalence and associations for use of a traditional medicine provider in the SAMINOR 1 Survey: a population-based study on Health and Living Conditions in Regions with Sami and Norwegian Populations
Whetstone Typology: Or the First Shipwreck of Turid Fiskarbekk and Marine Archaeologists Who Had to Think Again
Mellom profesjonell og folkelig kunnskap. En kvalitativ studie av helsepersonell sin kunnskap om og hÄndtering av «lÊsing» i en norsk-samisk kommune
More or Less Genuine Shamans!: The Believer in an Exchange between Antiquity and Modernity, between the Local and the Global
Development communication and the paradox of choice: imposition and dictatorship in comparing SĂĄmi and San Bushmen experiences of cultural autonomy
"We own the illnessâ: a qualitative study of networks in two communities with mixed ethnicity in Northern Norway
Background: When people in Northern Norway get ill, they often use traditional medicine. The global aim of this study was to examine the extended family networksâ function and responsibility in cases of illness in the family, in two Northern Norwegian communities with a population of mixed ethnicity.
Methods: Semi-structured individual interviews with 13 participants and 4 focus group interviews with total 11 participants were conducted. The text data was transcribed verbatim and analysed based on the criteria for content analysis.
Results: The participants grew up in areas where it was common to seek help from traditional healers. They were organized in networks and shared responsibility for the patient and they provided practical help and support for the family. According to the networks, health-care personnel should make room for the entire network to visit the patient in severe and life-threatening situations.
Conclusion: Traditional networks are an extra resource for people in these communities. The networks seem to be essential in handling and disseminating hope and manageability on an individual as well as a collective level. Health personnel working in communities with mixed ethnicity should have thorough knowledge of the mixed culture, including the importance of traditional network to the patients