Abrahamsson Agneta, Lindmark Ulrika, Gerdner Arne
School of Health Sciences, Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden.
Int J Circumpolar Health. 2013 Jul 10;72:20633. doi: 10.3402/ijch.v72i0.20633. Print 2013.
Samis are indigenous people in north Europe. In the territory called Sápmi (Lapland), reindeer herding is the traditional base for the Sami economy. The relation between living conditions and positive health of the Swedish Samis has been sparsely studied. As health is closely linked to sense of coherence (SOC), an understanding of the background factors to SOC may contribute knowledge that might be useful in promoting living conditions and health.
The study examines relations between the level of SOC and background factors from surveys in a Sami population (n=613) in comparison to a non-Sami population (n=525) in Sweden, and in comparison between 2 subsamples of Samis, that is, herders and non-herders.
There are more similarities than differences between the Sami and non-Sami populations. However, dividing the Sami population, reindeer herders had significantly lower SOC, and in specific the subcomponent manageability, that is, less ability to use available resources to meet different demands in life, compared to non-herders.
In addition to age and health, predictors of SOC are related to the life form of reindeer husbandry and the belonging to the herding community.
萨米人是北欧的原住民。在被称为萨普米（拉普兰）的地区，驯鹿放牧是萨米人经济的传统基础。瑞典萨米人的生活条件与健康状况之间的关系鲜有研究。由于健康与连贯感（SOC）密切相关，了解SOC的背景因素可能有助于获取对改善生活条件和健康有益的知识。
该研究通过对瑞典萨米人群体（n = 613）和非萨米人群体（n = 525）的调查，以及萨米人群体中牧民和非牧民两个子样本之间的比较，来考察SOC水平与背景因素之间的关系。
萨米人群体和非萨米人群体之间的相似之处多于差异。然而，将萨米人群体细分后发现，与非牧民相比，驯鹿牧民的SOC显著更低，特别是在可管理性子成分方面，即利用现有资源满足生活中不同需求的能力更弱。
除了年龄和健康外，SOC的预测因素与驯鹿养殖的生活方式以及所属牧民社区有关。
