title: Experiences of well-being among Sami and Roma women in a Swedish context.
abstract: Our aim was to explore the experiences of well-being and lack of well-being among middle-aged and older women belonging to two national minority groups in Sweden. Interviews from nine older Sami women and four middle-aged Roma women were analyzed using grounded theory with the following categories identified: contributing to well-being (with the subcategories belonging to a healthy family, being spiritual, cultural norms as health promoting, and having had a life of one's own); and contributing to lack of well-being (with the subcategories living subordinate to the dominant society, living in a hierarchical family, and living in the shadow of tuberculosis.).
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden. lena.alex@nurs.umu.se
authors.forename: Lena
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Alex
authors.forename: Arja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lehti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008019:Life Style / Q000208:ethnology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D044382:Population Groups / Q000523:psychology*; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013548:Sweden; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology*