Bakgrunn:I norske levekårsundersøkelser oppgirinnvandrere at de hardårligere helse enn resten av befolkningen. Et mål i norsk integreringspolitikk er å fremmelevekår for innvandrerbefolkningen. Fysisk aktivitet slik som svømming har en sosial og kulturell verdi i det norske samfunnet,samtidig som det er en forebyggende innsats vedat manglende ferdigheter i svømming bidrar til at innvandrergrupper har høyere risiko for å drukne. Hensikt: Formålet med studien var åutvikle et svømmekurs som en helsefremmende intervensjon for kvinner med innvandrerbakgrunn og undersøke om svømmekurset bidro til økte svømmeferdigheter og sosial integrering. Metode: Å utføre enintervensjon gjennom et svømmekurs med deltagelse fra 16 kvinner fra 6 forskjellige land.Triangulering av metoder med spørreundersøkelser, gruppeintervjuerog observasjoner fra 15.november 2012 til 26. oktober 2013. Forskningsspørsmål har søkt svar innenfor temaene øktesvømmeferdigheter, sosial integrering ogandre faktorer som kunnepåvirke helsetilstanden til kvinner med innvandrerbakgrunn. Kvalitativ innholdsanalyse ble brukt for å analysere det kvalitative datamaterialet. Resultat: Deltagerne visteøkte svømmeferdigheter parallelt med økt trygghetsfølelse i forhold til vann fra kursstart til kurset varavsluttet. Deltagerne viste en kulturell åpenhet og personlig utvikling som ble synlig gjennom utvidet sosialt nettverk på tvers av kulturer og utvidet omfang av sosiale aktiviteter slik sombruk av offentlig basseng. Andre funn var en bedre selvopplevd helse og at deltagernefungerte som rollemodellerfor egen familie og venner med tanke på ålære svømmeferdigheten. Konklusjon: Denne intervensjonen visteat aktivitet tilrettelagt for kvinner med innvandrerbakgrunn fremmet faktorer som haddeen positiv effekt på helsetilstanden, Dette gjennombedring av svømmeferdigheter,og sominngangsport til sosial integrering / Background:Norwegian surveys have reported that the health of immigrants compares negatively with the health of the general population. Norwegian society emphasizes thesocial and cultural value ofphysical activity such as swimming,andintegration policypromotes improved living conditions for immigrants. Moreover, inability to swim heightens the risk of drowning. Purpose: This study aimed to develop swimming instruction as a health-promoting intervention among immigrant women.It also examined whether such swimming lessons improve women's health by increasing skills and social integration. Method: Sixteen women from six different countries participated in swimminglessons between 15 November 2012 and 26 October 2013. This thesis used a triangulation of methods (i.e., surveys, group interviews,and observations)to investigate whether increased swimming skill, social integration, and other factors affect the health of immigrant women. I used qualitative content analysis to evaluate alldata. Results: As immigrant women became better swimmers, their sense of security in the water improved. Additionally, swimming enhanced cultural openness and personal development, and participants’ social networks expanded across cultures. Public swimming pools increasedsocial activity. Finally, as participants’perceptions of their own health improved,they encouraged their family and friends to learn how to swim. Conclusion: This intervention shows that activities organized for immigrant women promote factors that have a positive effect on health, such as improved swimming skills. Swimmingis a gateway to social integration / <p>ISBN 978-91-86739-67-6</p>

Title: Swimming instruction of mentally handicapped individual and his/her integration - Down's syndrome The diploma thesis deals with a mentally handicapped individual suffering from the Down's syndrome and his/her integration in the preparatory swimming instruction. In practice this includes the execution of preparatory swimming instruction, registration of gradual acquiring of basic swimming skills, evaluation of input and output swimming skills. Key terms: Down's syndrome, mental affliction, swimming instruction, movement activity, movement skills, movement capabilities, integration, basic swimming skills.

The subject of the diploma thesis concerns the integration of mentally handicapped individuals into the group of standard population in the course of preparatory training of swimming. The aim of the thesis is the evaluation and charting of the problem of the Down syndrome and on the basis of the results the proposal and verification of the conception of integration of the handicapped person. The theoretical part of the diploma thesis is based upon the characteristics of the specific traits of mentally handicapped individuals, it explains the terms of the Down syndrome, it explains the integration of mentally handicapped individuals, and it informs about the swimming as a means of integration into the society. The practical part of the diploma thesis described the course of the research work, it characterizes the studied group of individuals, it includes the results of testing (Štochl, 2002) and it registers the acquiring of the respective aptitudes. The results are evaluated by verbal description as well as by the form of graphs. The practical part includes also the preparation of the conception of social integration of mentally handicapped individuals, which has been prepared on the basis of analysis of specialized literature and on the basis of practical and theoretical experience. The conception includes...