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Ethnic discrimination and mental health in the Sámi population in Sweden: The SámiHET study.
- Source :
- Scandinavian Journal of Public Health; Jun2024, Vol. 52 Issue 4, p442-449, 8p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Aims: To assess the association between experiences of discrimination and mental health among the Sámi population in Sweden. Methods: Cross-sectional study among the self-identified Sámi population living in Sweden in 2021, registered in the electoral roll of the Sámi Parliament, the reindeer mark register and the 'Labour statistics based on administrative sources'. The analysis was based on a final sample of 3658 respondents aged between 18 and 84 years. Adjusted prevalence ratios aPRs for psychological distress (Kessler scale), self-reported anxiety and depression were estimated for four different forms of discrimination (direct experience of discrimination, offended because of ethnicity, historical trauma, and combined discrimination). Results: Higher aPRs of psychological distress, anxiety and depression were observed in women experiencing direct discrimination because of their ethnicity, having been offended because of their ethnicity, and those with a family history of discrimination. Among men, higher aPRs for psychological distress were observed in those experiencing the four different forms of discrimination, but not for anxiety. Depression was only detected in the case of having been offended. Adding experiences of discrimination was associated with a higher prevalence of negative outcomes for all the indicators in women and for psychological distress in men. Conclusions: The observed association between experiences of discrimination and mental health problems would support a gender approach when considering ethnic discrimination in public health policies concerning the Sámi in Sweden. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- MENTAL illness risk factors
ETHNIC groups
RISK assessment
CROSS-sectional method
SELF-evaluation
POISSON distribution
MENTAL health
PSYCHOLOGICAL distress
RESEARCH funding
HEALTH policy
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
ANXIETY
CHI-squared test
EXPERIENCE
RACISM
SAMI (European people)
STATISTICS
HISTORICAL trauma
DISCRIMINATION (Sociology)
CONFIDENCE intervals
PUBLIC health
PSYCHOSOCIAL factors
MENTAL depression
REGRESSION analysis
SOCIAL stigma
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14034948
- Volume :
- 52
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 177899733
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/14034948231157571