This paper presents the proposal of healthy universities as an approach to health promotion feasible and necessary to work in higher education institutions. It exposes its definition and basic features, the steps to facilitate proper implementation and a historical review about the existing projects in universities of America and Europe. In Peru, there are several initiatives,among which the work of the Consortium of Universities and currently the start of thePUCP Healthy Program at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. Finally, it is done abrief review of the work implemented to date by this program. / Se presenta la propuesta de universidades saludables como un enfoque de promoción de la salud viable y necesario a trabajar en las instituciones de educación superior. Se expone su definición y características básicas, los pasos necesarios para facilitar su implementación adecuada y una reseña histórica acerca de los proyectos existentes en universidades de América y Europa. En el Perú existen varias iniciativas, entre las que destaca el trabajo realizado por el Consorcio de Universidades y, actualmente, el inicio del programa PUCP Saludable en la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Finalmente, se realiza una reseña sobre el trabajo realizado a la fecha por este programa.

Since the entrance of the covid-19 pandemic in Sweden, Swedish upper secondary schools have partly or fully passed on to distance studies. The aim of this study is to find out what social support and health-promoting activities the pupils wish to participate in during distance studies. Quantitative methods have been used by carrying out online surveys among students in upper secondary schools. The data consists of 273 respondents from 14 different schools in Sweden. Social capital theories have been used to interpret the collected data. The results show that pupils' experiences of distance studies during the pandemics are overall negative. The three aspects that are reported most negatively by the pupils themselves, are their school motivation, their sense of fellowship and their physical activity. Concerning social support, the results show that pupils born in Sweden feel they have a broader social support network than pupils born elsewhere. The results also display that one out of three pupils probably would participate in conversational support with the school counselor during distance studies. The need for motivational and advisory conversations are the highest. Ultimately the results demonstrate that support and health-promoting activities are most wanted within the topics mental health, eating habits and physical activity. Examples of support and activities that are highly in demand are workshops about handling stress and anxiety, collective lunches with peers and physical activity in small groups. The analysis show that factors such as gender and ethnical background affect the pupils’ choices of support and activity. / Sedan covid19-pandemins intåg i Sverige har de svenska gymnasieskolorna helt eller delvis övergått till distansstudier. Syftet med denna studie är att ta reda på vilken typ av psykosocialt stöd samt vilka hälsofrämjande aktiviteter eleverna önskar att ta del av under distansstudier. Kvantitativ metod har använts genom att genomföra webbenkäter bland gymnasieelever. 273 respondenter från 14 skolor i Sverige utgör datat. Teorier inom socialt kapital har använts för att tolka det insamlade materialet. Resultatet visar att elevernas upplevelse av distansstudier under pandemin är övergripande negativ. De tre livsaspekter som påverkats mest negativt enligt eleverna är deras skolmotivation, känsla av gemenskap och deras fysiska aktivitet. Vad gäller socialt stöd visar resultatet att inrikesfödda upplever att de har ett bredare socialt stöd än utrikesfödda. Resultatet visar att en av tre elever troligtvis skulle ta del av samtalsstöd under distansstudier och det råder mest behov av motivations- och rådgivningssamtal. Slutligen visar resultatet att eleverna önskar mest stöd och hälsofrämjande aktiviteter inom teman psykisk hälsa, matvanor och fysisk aktivitet. Exempel på stöd och aktiviteter som är eftertraktade är workshops om stress och ångesthantering, gemensamma luncher och fysisk aktivitet i liten grupp. Analysen visar att faktorer som kön och etnisk bakgrund påverkar elevernas val av stöd och aktiviteter.

Philosophiae Doctor - PhD / This thesis investigated the education support services provided by occupational therapists, physiotherapists and speech and language therapists in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Changes in the education policy in South Africa to an inclusive education system have major implications for the way therapists provide support. Therapists have been challenged to move from a medical model of support with a focus on highly specialised treatment for a small number of individual learners with disabilities, to a systemic and health promoting model which focuses on support for the education system, including all learners, teachers and parents. The aim of this research was to develop an appropriate and integrated approach for therapists to support schools within an inclusive and health promoting schools framework in South Africa. Participatory action research using quantitative and qualitative methodology was used. Two surveys were conducted in the Western Cape Province. The first was a survey of all therapists to determine who was working with pre-school and school-aged learners and where. The second survey was of all therapists working in special schools and a small number of private practitioners to identify the roles of the therapists in providing direct and indirect support. In two of the seven education districts in the province, focus group discussions were held with 45 teachers from special and ordinary schools, and 21 parents of school-aged learners - to identify the support they needed. Workshops, incorporating focus groups, were also held with the therapists to, firstly, identify the support they needed to give to learners, teachers, parents and the education system and, secondly, to identify the competencies they needed to give this support. The data from the surveys were subjected to simple descriptive statistical analysis. These analyses reveal that therapists have a very wide range of roles relating to direct support, including: assessment, intervention with individual learners and learners in groups, and evaluation. Interventions include the development of hearing, speech and communication skills; skills for activities of daily living; life skills; home management skills; work related skills; motor function skills; and play and leisure skills. Therapists from different disciplines frequently provide the same type of support. Indirect support provided includes support for the schools system, teachers and parents. Thirty six percent of the therapists in this study want to increase the proportion of time they spent on indirect support. The study also revealed that multidisciplinary collaboration and teamwork were Teachers involved in the study identified that they need an enormous amount of support in fulfilling their crucial roles in identifying barriers to learning; identifying the support learners need; and addressing the barriers. This includes the need for support to teach a diverse group of learners; adapting content, presentation and evaluation of the curriculum; adapting the physical environment; accepting new roles of teachers and therapists; making changes to the school system; developing relationships with the parents; addressing challenges related to socio-economic problems; networking with the community; facilitating positive attitudes to diversity; developing supportive relationships with therapists; and further training poorly developed. Teachers involved in the study identified that they need an enormous amount of support in fulfilling their crucial roles in identifying barriers to learning; identifying the support learners need; and addressing the barriers. This includes the need for support to teach a diverse group of learners; adapting content, presentation and evaluation of the curriculum; adapting the physical environment; accepting new roles of teachers and therapists; making changes to the school system; developing relationships with the parents; addressing challenges related to socio-economic problems; networking with the community; facilitating positive attitudes to diversity; developing supportive relationships with therapists; and further training. Parents in this study indicated that they need access to education and support for their children, including direct support for their children; effective means of communicating with their children; specific competencies to facilitate caring for their children; emotional support; advocates to work with them in support of their children addressing environmental physical and attitudinal barriers, and developing a supportive community; and supportive relationships with therapists.

Bakgrund: Patienter med psykisk ohälsa har en högre överdödlighet i fysiska sjukdomar jämfört med populationen i stort. Dessa individer drabbas oftare av somatiska problem då denna patientgrupp har en sjukdomsbörda som är förknippad med en större förekomst av primära beteendemässiga risker för kronisk sjukdom förorsakade av levnadsvanor och livsstil. Syfte: Syftet med studien var att belysa specialistsjuksköterskors erfarenheter av att stödja hälsofrämjande livsstilsförändringar hos patienter i psykiatrisk öppenvård. Metod: Kvalitativ metod med induktiv ansats har använts. Datamaterialet har analyserats med kvalitativ innehållsanalys. Psykiatrisjuksköterskor inom vuxenpsykiatrisk öppenvård har intervjuats i Region Skåne. Nio stycken semistrukturerade intervjuer har genomförts. Resultat: Resultaten visar på följande kategorier: vikten av en bärande relation, betydelsen av kompetens och resurser samt nödvändigheten av riktlinjer och verktyg. Slutsats: Genom att bygga en allians och skapa en mellanmänsklig relation med patienten utformas strategier för motivation till livsstilsförändringar där patientens egna resurser främjas. Från sjuksköterskornas sida efterfrågas det ett mer strukturerat arbetssätt för att säkerhetsställa patientens rättighet till likvärdig vård bland annat genom att arbeta fram ett gemensamt verktyg för det hälsofrämjande arbetet gällande livsstilsförändringar. / Background: Patients with mental illness have a higher mortality rate from physical illnesses compared to the general population. These individuals are more likely to suffer from somatic problems as this patient group has a disease burden that is associated with a greater incidence of primary behavioral risks of chronic disease caused by poor lifestyle. Aim: The aim of this study was to shed light the master level mental health nurse's experiences of supporting health-promoting lifestyle changes for patients in psychiatric outpatient services. Method: Qualitative method with inductive approach has been used. The data material has been analyzed with qualitative content analysis. Psychiatric nurses in adult psychiatric outpatient care have been interviewed in Region Skåne. Nine semi-structured interviews were conducted. Results: The results show the following categories: the importance of a core relationship, the importance of skills and resources and the necessity ofguidelines and tools. Conclusion: By building an alliance and creating an interpersonal relationship with the patient shapes strategies for motivation for lifestyle changes where the patient's own resources are promoted. The nurses demand a more structured way of working to ensure the patient's right to equal care, among other things by working out a common tool for the health-promoting work regarding lifestyle changes.

Syfte: Syftet med uppsatsen är att identifiera vad olika ledare gör för att främja medarbetarnas hälsa när medarbetarna både arbetar på kontor och på distans. Problemformulering: Vad gör ledare för att främja hälsan för medarbetarna under hybridformer? Metod: Det här är en tvärsnittsstudie som behandlar fenomenet hälsofrämjande ledarskap under hybridformer med en deduktiv forskningssats och där datainsamling har skett genom kvalitativa semistrukturerade intervjuer. Slutsats: Studien visade vad ledare gör för att anpassa sitt ledarskap för att kunna främja hälsan för sina medarbetare under hybridformer. Ledarna i vår studie kompletterade varandra genom olika strategier och tillvägagångssätt för att kunna besvara problemformuleringen. / Purpose: The purpose of the thesis is to identify what different leaders do to promote coworkers' health when coworkers work both in the office and remote. Statement of problem: What do leaders do to promote coworkers' health in hybrid forms?  Method: This is a cross-sectional study that deals with the phenomenon of health-promoting leadership under hybrid forms with a deductive research approach and where data was collected through qualitative semi-structured interviews. Conclusion: The study identified what leaders do to adjust their leadership in order to promote health for their coworkers. The leaders in our study complemented each other through different approaches in order to answer the statement of problem.

Philosophiae Doctor - PhD / Health professionals worldwide are currently inadequately trained to address the health issues of communities, particularly in developing countries where there are major health disparities. This study argues for an alternative and more appropriate education, one which would better prepare future health professionals to address these needs. The study draws attention to how the University of the Western Cape (UWC) responded to preparing its health professional graduates to better meet the needs of South African society. The thesis explores the rationale for a shift in health professions education to one which supports service-learning, locating the study within the broader developments in higher education within South Africa. The specific aim of this thesis was to evaluate a community-based interdisciplinary health promotion course offered to the undergraduate health sciences students from the faculties of Community and Health Sciences and Dentistry at the University of the Western Cape (UWC). It focused on evaluating the perceived effectiveness and the impact on the stakeholders of the Interdisciplinary Health Promotion course, with the aim of developing an appropriate framework to guide the teaching of health promotion at higher education institutions in South Africa. Ten primary schools in three disadvantaged communities in the Western Cape were used as the health promotion settings for the Interdisciplinary Health Promotion course. The study design was a programme evaluation that used the explanatory sequential mixed-methods design. An evaluation matrix was developed, consisting of three core concepts (curriculum, community-based learning, and university-school collaboration) against which the course was evaluated. Indicators and criteria were developed for each core concept. Questionnaires were distributed to all the stakeholders, that is, the university students, the lecturers, the supervisors and the school educators, involved in the Interdisciplinary Health Promotion Course during 2006. Focus group discussions with the stakeholders were also conducted at the UWC campus and in the Delft community. There was a good response from all the stakeholders who participated in the study (students (72.4%), lecturers (85%), supervisors (100%) and school educators (71.5%)). A main finding of the study was that the Interdisciplinary Health Promotion course was relevant and up-to-date with developments in the field of health promotion. Course topics were dealt with in sufficient depth and the assignments were clear, specific and related to the course outcomes. The interdisciplinary teaching and learning approach allowed the university students to learn and develop a better understanding of the roles and contributions that the various professions played in health promotion in a community. The course was perceived as having been of value to all the stakeholders and having a positive impact on the schools. The findings revealed that the health promotion projects implemented in the schools helped the university students to learn how to plan, implement and evaluate a project in a community setting. Furthermore, the findings suggest that the schools offered an ideal placement for university students to learn about health promotion and its application. In addressing a concern about the course not making any meaningful long-term impact on the schools and the surrounding communities, the study showed that it is important to revisit the current teaching and learning approach of the Interdisciplinary Health Promotion course. It revealed that service-learning as an alternative to the field education approach would facilitate a closer relationship between theoretical and practical knowledge, where the practical application was translated into a service that met the needs of a community. The study further revealed that the collaboration model between the university and the school also needed to be reconceptualized, to include all the stakeholders as well as their needs in relation to health promotion in the schools. It was recommended that the Health Promoting School framework should be seen as the overarching framework for the sustainability of school-based health promotion. In conclusion, this study showed that the recognition and establishment of university community partnerships and reliance upon them in the educational process, would provide many new opportunities for relevant and meaningful health professional education and training. These efforts would contribute to improving the quality of higher education delivered to students, thereby ensuring their competency to better meet the needs of the communities they will serve.

Anyone who understands MI as a process may spontaneously think that five weeks of MI conversations may be a little short of time to be able to see a clear effect. At least that was my spontaneous thought. This was precisely the starting point of the study, which further led to the purpose of the study, i.e. to evaluate MI as a conversation method and see how effective the method is over a five-week period in a health and lifestyle-related behavior change. The aim is further specified by two questions: How has the health-related behavior changed during five weeks of MI-sessions based on the transtheoretical model? How has motivation changed over five weeks of MI-sessions? In order to answer the purpose and questions, MI- sessions with four female clients have been conducted over five weeks. In order to measure the effect of the MI-sessions, the clients during their first and last call answered scale questions intended to measure the client's motivation. In addition, each conversation has been documented in writing by me as conversation leader, where the most essential parts of the conversation have been noted to make it possible to follow the client's development in the transtheoretical model. The result showed that MI contributed to a strengthened intrinsic motivation as well as progress in the transtheoretical model as a result of a five-week period of MI-sessions. Through the study, it can be concluded that five weeks of MI-sessions are enough to strengthen the inner motivation and develop in the transtheoretical model. / Den som är införstådd i MI som process kanske spontant tänker att fem veckor av MI-samtal kan vara lite kort om tid för att kunna se en klar effekt. Det var åtminstone min spontana tanke. Just detta blev studiens utgångpunkt som vidare ledde fram till syftet med studien d.v.s. att utvärdera MI som samtalsmetod och se hur effektiv metoden är under en femveckorsperiod vid en hälso- och livsstilsrelaterad beteendeförändring. Syftet specificeras vidare av två frågeställningar: Hur har det hälsorelaterade beteendet förändrats under fem veckor av MI- samtal utifrån den transteoretiska modellen? Hur har motivationen förändrats under fem veckor av MI-samtal? För att besvara syftet och frågeställningarna har MI-samtal med fyra kvinnliga klienter genomförts under fem veckor. För att mäta effekten av MI-samtalen har klienterna under sitt första och sista samtal besvarat skalfrågor som avser mäta klientens motivation. Dessutom har varje samtal dokumenterats i skrift av mig som samtalsledare där samtalets mest väsentliga delar noterats för att göra det möjligt att följa klientens utveckling i den transteoretiska modellen. Resultatet visade att MI bidrog till en stärkt inre motivation samt framsteg i den transteoretiska modellen till följd av en femveckorsperiod av MI-samtal. Genom studien kan man dra slutsatsen att fem veckor av MI-samtal räcker gott för att stärka den inre motivationen samt utvecklas i den transteoretiska modellen.

The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate the experience and knowledge from the implementation of animal-assisted therapy as a health-promoting method in nursing homes. This study used a qualitative method with an inductive approach. To collect data, four semi-structured interviews were conducted. The respondents of this study were selected by a meaningful sampling method. The inclusion criteria were that the nursing homes currently used or had used therapeutic animals. The collected data was analyzed with a content analysis. The results were presented in continues text with quotes from the respondents to validate the findings. The main findings of the study displayed that the reasoning behind the respondent’s willingness to implement animal-assisted therapy in nursing homes was that they had previous positive experience with the effects of therapeutic animals. The respondents highlighted that they experienced that the implementation of therapeutic animals was met with few difficulties.  The conclusion of the study was that nursing homes were dependent on receiving therapeutic animals in form of donations to implement them. Lack of funding may be an underlying factor why therapeutic animals have not been implemented to a greater extent in other nursing homes, despite the health-promoting effects previous studies show. / Syftet med denna kvalitativa studie var att undersöka upplevelser och erfarenheter av implementering av terapidjur som en hälsofrämjande metod på äldreboenden. En kvalitativ metod med en induktiv ansats användes för studien. För att samla in data genomfördes fyra individuella semistrukturerade intervjuer. Urvalet av respondenter till studien gjordes genom ett meningsfullt urval. Inklusionskriteriet för urvalet var att respondenterna hade använt eller använde sig av terapidjur på äldreboendet. För att analysera data genomfördes en innehållsanalys där ett kodningsschema tillämpades. I innehållsanalysen identifierades sex kategorier vilka formades utifrån respondenternas svar. Resultatet presenterades i flytande text med stärkande citat från respondenterna. Resultatet visade att respondenterna hade erfarenheter av en variation av terapidjur; mjukis- och robotdjur, terapihundar, höns, marsvin, kaniner, häst och orm. Huvudresultatet för studien visade att bakgrunden till respondenternas vilja att implementera terapidjur på äldreboenden var att de erhöll kunskap och erfarenheter av de effekter som terapidjur kan ge. Att det ansågs som att något saknades på äldreboenden när det inte fanns terapidjur samt att det bedömdes vara ett behov hos de boende. Möjligheterna för att implementera terapidjur var tack vare bidragande ekonomiska resurser. I sin helhet upplevdes få svårigheter av respondenterna om att implementera terapidjur. Slutsatsen för studien var att äldreboendena var i stor utsträckning beroende av att få terapidjur i form av bidrag för att implementera dem. Brist på bidrag kan vara en bakomliggande faktor till att terapidjur inte har implementerats i större utsträckning på andra äldreboenden, trots de hälsofrämjande effekterna tidigare forskning visar. Denna studie belyser de fördelar som kan upplevas i samband med terapidjur och hur en implementering av terapidjur kan antas. I takt med en ökad livslängd bland befolkningen finns det ett behov av ytterligare hälsofrämjande metoder, där terapidjur är en väl anpassad hälsofrämjande metod för äldres hälsa och ett hälsosamt åldrande.

Ett gott ledarskap är en nyckelfaktor för att bedriva en fungerande vård. Chefer inom vård- och omsorg är en av de yrkeskategorier som har flest antal underställda per chef, det vill säga bredast kontrollspann. Det hälsofrämjande ledarskapet bygger på att ledaren kan skapa förutsättningar för sina medarbetare att bevara det som fungerar väl i verksamheten och kunna stärka och främja en hälsosam arbetsplats med välmående medarbetare. Syftet med denna litteraturstudie är att undersöka hur ett brett kontrollspann kan påverka förutsättningarna för ett hälsofrämjande ledarskap inom vård och omsorg. Valt tillvägagångssätt är systematisk integrativ litteraturöversikt. Ur den inkluderade studierna framkommer att breda kontrollspann överlag påverkar ledare och dess medarbetare negativt. Ett stort antal anställda skapar minskade möjligheter för ledaren att kommunicera med och finnas till för medarbetare och därmed försvåras det hälsofrämjande ledarskapet. Ett brett kontrollspann minskar också effekten av ledarskapsstilar som annars generellt visar positiv inverkan på mindre arbetsgrupper, såsom ett transformativt och transaktionellt ledarskap. Resultaten öppnar upp för en diskussion kring huruvida breda kontrollspann bidrar till sämre förutsättningar för ledare inom vård och omsorg att skapa en hälsofrämjande arbetsplats. Det finns studier som visar att stödfunktioner kan hjälpa en ledare med ett brett kontrollspann genom att avlasta ledaren med administrativa uppgifter. Alternativet är att minska kontrollspannet, men svaret på vad som är det optimala kontrollspannet råder det delade meningar om. Snarare bör fokus istället läggas på att skapa en hälsofrämjande arbetsplats för personalen och dess ledare. / A good leadership is a key factor to provide for a functional health care. Leaders of health and social care hold among the widest spans of control, with other words number of employees per leader, than most other professions generally. Health promoting leadership is built around the leader’s ability to help create conditions for the employees to preserve the aspects that are well-functioning, whilst strengthening and promoting a healthy workplace with healthy employees. The purpose of this literature review is to investigate how a wide span of control can affect the conditions for a health-promoting leadership in health and social care. Method of choice is a systematic integrative literature review. The included literature reveals that a wide span of control negatively affects leaders and employees. A wide span of control reduces the leader’s opportunities to interact with the employees, which in return complicates a health promoting leadership. A wide span of control also diminishes the effects of leadership styles that has proven having positive effect in smaller work groups, for example a transformational and transactional leadership. The results make way for a discussion whether a wide span of control contributes to worsening the conditions for leaders in health and social care in the making of a healthy workplace. Studies show that support functions can help a leader with a wide span of control , by relieving the leader from administrative tasks. The alternative is to reduce the span of control, but there are different opinions to the answer to what is an optimal span of control. Focus should rather be put in creating a health promoting workplace for the employees and their leader.

Bakgrund: På senare år har bilden av hälsa förändrats och fått ett större genomslag för individer och på arbetsplatser. Det blir vanligare att hälsa uppfattas som en del av företagets sociala ansvar då arbetsplatsen har stor möjlighet att påverka individens hälsa. Samtidigt ställs det idag höga krav på att anställda ska prestera och det läggs större vikt i att ha en hälsosam livsstil för att i arbetet kunna prestera till sin fulla kapacitet. Ett hälsofokus på arbetsplatsen har visat ge effekter utöver de direkta hälsofördelarna, där tidigare forskning fokuserat på effekterna utifrån bland annat fysiologiskt/psykologiskt-, socialt- och organisatoriskt styrningsperspektiv. Många organisationer väljer att investera i hälsa på arbetsplatsen då det antas vara gynnsamt för organisationen, men det uppfattas vara få studier som undersöker och belyser komplexiteten i detta på individnivå.  Syfte och forskningsfrågor: Syftet med denna studie är att få en ökad förståelse för hur hälsofrämjande aktiviteter upplevs av individer. Syftet besvaras utifrån följande forskningsfrågor; Hur upplever individerna fysiologiska/psykologiska effekter till följd av hälsofrämjande aktiviteter inom organisationen? Hur upplever individerna sociala effekter till följd av hälsofrämjande aktiviteter inom organisationen? Hur upplever individerna styrningseffekter till följd av hälsofrämjande aktiviteter inom organisationen?  Metod: Studien har utförts med en kvalitativ forskningsstrategi, en iterativ forskningsansats och utgår ifrån ett hermeneutisk-fenomenologiskt perspektiv. En fallstudie har genomförts med semistrukturerade intervjuer och i viss mån observationer, för att samla in studiens empiriska data.  Slutsats och kunskapsbidrag: Studien resulterar i att hur individer upplever organisatoriska hälsofrämjande aktiviteter är komplext och kan inte simpelt klassificeras som exempelvis positivt eller negativt, utan beror på olika villkor och viljor. Individers upplevelser i studien stämmer delvis överens med tidigare forskning, men med vissa motsägande resultat. Studien visar även att de huvudsakliga perspektiven inom tidigare forskning; fysiologiskt/psykologiskt, socialt samt organisatoriskt styrningsperspektiv samspelar och är alla viktiga för att få en uppfattning för hur individer i sin helhet upplever organisatoriska hälsofrämjande aktiviteter. För att förstå hälsofrämjandets betydelse för organisationer, är det således avgörande att kritiskt undersöka fenomenet och djupgående studera individerna, vilka är de som exponeras för fenomenet. / Background: In recent years, the perception of health has changed and plays a more significant role for individuals and in the workplace. It has become more common to perceive health as a corporate social responsibility as the workplace is one of many places where an individual’s health can be influenced. Simultaneously, there are today high demands on employees’ performance at work, where it becomes more important to live a healthy lifestyle to deliver at full capacity. A healthy focus at the workplace has shown to be effective beyond the immediate health benefits, where previous research has focused on the effects from physiological/psychological-, social- and managerial perspectives, among others. Numerous organizations choose to invest in workplace health since it is perceived to be beneficial for the organization, but few studies examine and highlight the complexity of it at the individual level.  Aim and research questions: The study’s aim is to gain a greater knowledge of how health promotion activities are perceived by individuals. The aim will be answered through the following research questions; How do individuals experience physiological/psychological effects from health promoting activities in the organization? How do individuals experience social effects from health promoting activities in the organization? How do individuals experience managerial effects of health promoting activities in the organization?  Methodology: The study has a qualitative research strategy, an iterative research approach and is based on a hermeneutic-phenomenological perspective. Through semi- structured interviews and to some extent observations, a case study has been performed to gather the study’s empirical data. Conclusion: The study shows that the way in which individuals experience organizational health promotion is complex and cannot be classified as positive or negative, since it depends on different circumstances and wills. The experiences of the individuals studied are partly aligned with previous research, but with some contradictory results. Additionally, the study shows that the main perspectives within previous research; physiological/psychological effects, social and managerial effects interact and are all important for the comprehension of how individuals as a whole experience health promotion at the workplace. To understand the impact of health promotion for an organization, it is essential to critically examine the phenomenon and deeply study the individuals exposed to it.