A water availability intervention in New York City public schools: Influence on youths' water and milk behaviors

B. Elbel, T. Mijanovich, C. Abrams, J. Cantor, Lucia Dunn (dunn.4@osu.edu), C. Nonas, K. Cappola, S. Onufrak and S. Park

American Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 105, issue 2, 365-372

Abstract: Objectives. We determined the influence of "water jets" on observed water and milk taking and self-reported fluid consumption in New York City public schools. Methods. From 2010 to 2011, before and 3 months after water jet installation in 9 schools, we observed water and milk taking in cafeterias (mean 1000 students per school) and surveyed students in grades 5, 8, and 11 (n = 2899) in the 9 schools that received water jets and 10 schools that did not. We performed an observation 1 year after implementation (2011-2012) with a subset of schools. We also interviewed cafeteria workers regarding the intervention. Results. Three months after implementation we observed a 3-fold increase in water taking (increase of 21.63 events per 100 students; P

Keywords: adolescent; animal; child; construction work and architectural phenomena; diet; drinking; epidemiology; female; human; male; milk; psychology; school; standards; statistics and numerical data; student; United States; water supply, Adolescent; Animals; Child; Diet; Drinking; Facility Design and Construction; Female; Humans; Male; Milk; New York City; Schools; Students; Water Supply (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302221

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