The inferior position of the Sámi language in a bilingual nursing home in Norway

Boge, Jeanne Helene

doi:10.1080/01434632.2019.1597875

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“…It may not be deliberate, but may be the result of accumulation across spheres, settings and generations throughout society [28, 31, 33, 56]. Boge [28] claims that Sámi language is often positioned as inferior to Norwegian in a nursing home, and that this is cumulative discrimination [56]. This indicates that Sámi identity still carries stigma [21].…”

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“…The Norwegianisation process resulted in shame attached to being Sámi, and the assimilation policy is blamed for why the Sámi language weakened and why the Sámi patient does not always want to be identified or appear as Sámi. On the outside, Sámi and Norwegian people often blend in and look alike, and if Sámi patients do not mark themselves as Sámi, or nurses do not ask, they risk being overlooked [4, 28, 56], as described in the quote ‘if patients don't ask, nurses don't offer’. The views are generally that health care is run according to the majority language and culture in Norway, and everyone else must submit to and accept this way.…”

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“…Research shows that lack of competence around Sámi language and culture in clinical practice is a barrier to fully achieving equity in health services for Sámi patients [1, 13, 27]. Even though preserving, revitalising and promoting the Sámi language as a governmental goal, Sámi language lacks presence in healthcare institutions [1, 7, 8, 12, 28]. This is problematic especially in settings such as residential aged care, when due to illnesses such as dementia, some Sami‐speaking patients have reverted to their native language only [12, 19, 20].…”

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Sámi language in Norwegian health care: ‘He speaks good enough Norwegian, I don’t see why he needs an interpreter’

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Introduction The Indigenous people of Norway are legally entitled to use their Sámi language in encounters with healthcare services, yet these encounters are generally conducted in Norwegian language. The right to Sámi language and culture in health is particularly relegated when Sámi healthcare personnel is not present. This neglect of Sámi language and culture in the Norwegian healthcare system impacts on the quality of care Sámi patients receive. Aim This paper describes and interprets healthcare interactions between nurses and Sámi‐speaking patients in Norway. Method Qualitative semi‐structured focus group interviews were conducted with Sámi (n = 13) and Norwegian nurses (n = 10). Participants were included if they had experience working with Sámi‐speaking patients and two years clinical practice in the Sámi area of northern Norway. Interpretive and descriptive analyses were conducted. Findings Obtaining only basic patient information and lack of mapping of native language in admission documents or patient notes makes it challenging to recognise Sámi patients. In encounters with Sámi patients, Norwegian nurses must navigate linguistic challenges with an additional layer of interplay between culture and care. Misunderstandings in this area can undermine patient safety and be directly contrary to health legislation and patient rights. As remedy, Sámi nurses often improve the nurse–patient dialogue by translating and explaining cultural nuances, thus improving understanding of healthcare interactions, and bridging the gap to the Norwegian staff. Conclusion To integrate Sámi language and culture into nursing care new guidelines to implement knowledge of Sámi patients’ culture and language rights in healthcare education is needed. In addition, the authorities have to facilitate implementation of laws and regulations, research and guidelines in practical health care. At last, the number of Sámi‐speaking nurses has to increase.

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Sámi language in Norwegian health care: ‘He speaks good enough Norwegian, I don’t see why he needs an interpreter’

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Bongo

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“…For example, his theory of gender hierarchy, as women have frequently been responsible for bodily cleanliness in both family and professional life (Jeanne Boge, 2008;Jeanne Boge & Petersen, 2020a;Bourdieu, 1996aBourdieu, , 1996Bourdieu, -1997Bourdieu, 2000;Lindgren, 1992). Studies on body wash and grooming can also be founded in the theory of reproduction of social class (Bourdieu, 2008;Bourdieu & Passeron, 1977), theory of taste hierarchy (Pierre Bourdieu, 2010), theory of linguistic hierarchy (Jeanne Boge, 2019Boge, , 2020bBourdieu, 1997, pp. 35-42) and in theory of territorial hierarchy (Jeanne Boge, 2020cBoge, , 2020dBourdieu, 1996b;Loui Wacquant, 2014;Loic Wacquant, Slater & Pereira, 2014), because bodily cleanliness has had distinctive class -, taste -, language -, and territorial dimensions (Frykman, 1994;Sundt, 1975Sundt, /1869Vigarello, 1988).…”

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A praxeological approach to constructions of social science

Boge¹

2021

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I denne teksten vert kroppslege vask- og stell praksisar brukt som eksempel på korleis analyser av samspelet mellom individ og samfunn kan generere vitskaplege forklaringar på menneskelege handlingar. Det vil sei at ein tek utgangspunkt i den spesifikke, konkrete praktiske røyndomen som individa agerer i og forklarer posisjonerinagane i lys av det handlande subjektet sin posisjon med tilhøyrande disposisjonar, og i lys av det notidige og historiske sosiale feltet og rommet som handlingane finn stad i. Denne måten å konstruere vitskap om praksisar på, omtaler Bourdieu som praxeologi. Praxeologiske studiar opererer ikkje med eit skapt skije mellom metode og teori, fordi det overordna teoretiske perspektivet er integrert i alle delar av ein studie. Om ein konstruerer viten i lys av Bourdieu sin praktikk-teori, slik ein gjer i denne teksten, vil denne teorien gjennomsyre datakonstruksjonen og dei praxeologiske analysane, uavhengig av om data er konstruert ved hjelp av intervju, observasjon, dokumentanalyser eller andre kvalitative og kvantitative metodar. Det vil sei at data ein generer ved hjelp av ulike metodar, ikkje er sanningar, men materiale som må analyserast i lys av teori.

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“…9 Bilingualism is difficult to identify, even in contexts where almost 50% of the population are Sami. 10 It seems like clinicians' perceptions of culture influence how they take cultural considerations about their Sami patients into account.…”

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Older South Sami women and men’s expectations regarding home healthcare in Sweden

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Søderberg²

2021

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The inferior position of the Sámi language in a bilingual nursing home in Norway

Cited by 6 publications

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Sámi language in Norwegian health care: ‘He speaks good enough Norwegian, I don’t see why he needs an interpreter’

Sámi language in Norwegian health care: ‘He speaks good enough Norwegian, I don’t see why he needs an interpreter’

A praxeological approach to constructions of social science

Older South Sami women and men’s expectations regarding home healthcare in Sweden

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