External participants
The Public Health Agency of Sweden
Sametinget - the Sami people and the Sami parliament of Sweden
Image: Ive van Krunkelsven
Image: Ive van Krunkelsven
Research group Lávvuo is a research and education environment focused on Sámi health and well-being based at the Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå university. Including both Sámi and non-Sámi professionals our goal is to improve the health and well-being of the Sámi people in Sweden through high quality research and education activities.
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[March 2024]
The new report on "Violence against Sami Women" has been now published (in Swedish). You can access to it here.
[March 2023]
The report on the Sámi health survey ("Sámi Health on Equal Terms") has been now published (in Swedish). You can acces it here.
If you are interested in geographical differences in health, see our Atlas here
COMMISSION WORK
We are members of two Lancet commissions and one Lancet series: i) “Lancet Commission on Arctic Health – Urgently Accelerating Indigenous Health, ii) “Lancet Commission on Suicidal Behaviour and Self Harm”, and the Lancet’s series on “Indigenous and First Nations adolescent health and wellbeing”.
We are representing the Sámediggi (the Sámi parliament in Sweden) in the discussion process related to the coming Swedish National strategy for mental health and suicide prevention.
EVENTS
Ubmejen Biejvieh (Sámi week)
Date: 29 October–5 November
Location: Umeå Cultural festival Såhkie
The Umeå Sámi association organizes the annual Sámi cultural festival Ubmejen biejvieh in collaboration with other actors in and outside Umeå. This year, as before, there is a broad program with theatre, dance, literature, workshops for children, Innebandy SM, Jojkbattle and several concerts with Sami artists.
OUR LATEST PUBLICATIONS
Yekkalam N, Mienna CS, Stoor JPA, Sebastian MS. Refraining from seeking dental care among the Sámi in Sweden: a cross-sectional study. Int J Equity Health. 2024 Oct 26;23(1):222. doi: 10.1186/s12939-024-02305-1.
Stoor JPA, Sedholm O, San Sebastián M, Nilsson LM. Sámi community perspectives on the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed methods case study in Arctic Sweden. Int J Circumpolar Health. 2024 Dec;83(1):2372123. doi: 10.1080/22423982.2024.2372123.
San Sebastian M, Gustafsson PE, Stoor JPA. Embodiment of discrimination: a cross-sectional study of threats, humiliating treatment and ethnic discrimination in relation to somatic health complaints among Sámi in Sweden. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2024 Apr 10;78(5):290-295. doi: 10.1136/jech-2023-221365.
Yekkalam N, Storm Mienna C, Stoor JPA, San Sebastian M. Social determinants of self-reported oral health among Sámi in Sweden. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2023 Dec;51(6):1258-1265. doi: 10.1111/cdoe.12894.
Sise A, Azzopardi P, Brown A, Tewhaiti-Smith J, Westhead S, Kurji J, McDonough D, Reilly R, Bingham B, Brown N, Cassidy-Matthews C, Clark TC, Elliott S, Finlay SM, Hansen KL, Harwood M, Knapp JMF, Kvernmo S, Lee C, Watts RL, Nadeau M, Pearson O, Reading J, Saewyc E, Seljenes A, Stoor JPA, Aubrey P, Crengle S. Health and well-being needs of Indigenous adolescents: a protocol for a scoping review of qualitative studies. BMJ Open. 2024 May 20;14(5):e079942. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079942.
Arctic Centre Funding – Read about Jon Petter Stoor and his funded participation at the ISBNPA conference.
At the turn of the month, Arctic health researchers are gathering in Nuuk, Greenland.
Almost fifty visitors and a professional broadcast of seminar on COVID-19 in the European Arctic.