 Grab a cup, fill it up! an intervention to promote the 1 of drinking water and increase student water consumption during school lunchE.L. Kenney, S.L. Gortmaker, J.E. Carter, M.C.W. Howe, J.F. Reiner and A.L. Cradock American Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 105, issue 9, 1777-1783 Abstract: Objectives. We evaluated a low-cost strategy for schools to improve the convenience and appeal of drinking water. Methods. We conducted a group-randomized, controlled trial in 10 Boston, Massachusetts, schools in April through June 2013 to test a cafeteria-based intervention. Signage promoting water and disposable cups were installed near water sources. Mixed linear regression models adjusting for clustering evaluated the intervention impact on average student water consumption over 359 lunch periods. Results. The percentage of students in intervention schools observed drinking water during lunch nearly doubled from baseline to follow-up compared with controls (+9.4%; P Keywords: drinking water, adolescent; child; clinical trial; controlled study; female; health promotion; human; intervention study; male; multicenter study; randomized controlled trial; school; United States, Adolescent; Boston; Child; Drinking Water; Female; Health Promotion; Humans; Intervention Studies; Male; Schools (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2015.302645_9 Access Statistics for this article American Journal of Public Health is currently edited by Alfredo Morabia More articles in American Journal of Public Health from American Public Health Association |
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