Grab a Cup, Fill it up! An Intervention to Promote Convenience of Drinking Water and Increase Student Water Consumption During School Lunch.
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Enrollment
- 10
- Primary Endpoint
- Change in average student water consumption at lunch
Study Overview
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.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility Criteria
- Sex
- All
- Accepts 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.
Arms & Interventions
Intervention
Intervention: Grab a Cup, Fill it Up (Other)
Control
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change in average student water consumption at lunch
Time Frame: March 2013-June 2013, up to 4 months
Secondary Outcomes
- 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)
Investigators
Catherine Giles
Project Manager
Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)