Mellom profesjonell og folkelig kunnskap. En kvalitativ studie av helsepersonell sin kunnskap
om og håndtering av "laesing" i en norsk-samisk kommune
Engelsk titel: Beteen professional and popular knowledge. A qualitative study of health professionals
knowledge and handling of traditional spiritual healing in a Norwegian-sami municipality
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Författare:
Foss, Nina
;
Larsen, Anette Langås
;
Hamran, Torunn
Email: anette.l.larsen@uit.no
Språk: Nor
Antal referenser: 27
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 15023236
Sammanfattning
Backround: In northern Norway spiritual healing traditions are still practiced, especially among
people related to Sami background and
culture. Studies indicate that the general public believes that health care professionals are skeptical
when it comes to the traditional spiritual
healing practice known as "reading" or læsing in Norwegian.
Aim: The purpose of this article is to describe health care providers’ understanding of the practice of
traditional healing, and how health care
professionals handle it.
Methods: A qualitative study based on semi structured interviews and two focus group interviews
with 13 primary health care professionals,
two physicians, seven nurses and four welfare workers, was conducted in a rural Sami area in
North-Norway.
Findings: The study shows that health care professionals have great knowledge of and respect for
reading.The knowledge is based on the
health care personnel’s relationships with the community. Health care professionals distinguish
between how they relate to reading as private
persons and as health care professionals.
Conclusion: The analysis provides an understanding of how traditional knowledge and professional
biomedical knowledge plays together
in health care providers’work in primary health care. It can provide input into the development of a
culturally sensitive public health care
service.