Schools, Water Consumption
Conditions
Brief summary
This study, randomized, delivered, and analyzed at the school level, evaluated the effect of simple, structural changes to school lunch rooms to make drinking water easier for students during lunch time. Half of the schools received posters promoting drinking water and installed cup dispensers stocked with cups next to lunchroom water fountains, while the other half received no intervention. The intervention outcomes were average water consumption and the proportion of students in the lunchroom who opted to drink water, as well as the proportion of students with sugary drinks at lunch. No identifying information on individual children was collected.
Interventions
OTHERGrab a Cup, Fill it Up
The intervention involved installing promotional posters encouraging students to drink water as well as cup dispensers stocked with disposable 5 ounce cups near water fountains in school lunchrooms.
Sponsors
Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
School in Boston Public School district in Boston, MA; had to have plumbed drinking water access in school cafeteria -
Exclusion criteria
School had no plumbed drinking water access in cafeteria. \-
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Change in average student water consumption at lunch | March 2013-June 2013, up to 4 months |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Change in proportion of students drinking water at lunch | March 2013-June 2013, up to 4 months |
| Change in proportion of students with sugar-sweetened beverages at lunch | March 2013-June 2013, up to 4 months |
Outcome results
None listed