Intervention to Promote Water Consumption in School Lunchrooms

Schools Clinical Trial

Official title:

Grab a Cup, Fill it up! An Intervention to Promote Convenience of Drinking Water and Increase Student Water Consumption During School Lunch.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02280707
• Other study ID #: 19475-105
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: October 29, 2014
• Last updated: October 30, 2014
• Start date: March 2013
• Est. completion date: June 2013

Study information

• Verified date: October 2014
• Source: Harvard School of Public Health
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 10
• Est. completion date: June 2013
• Est. primary completion date: June 2013
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

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.

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Schools
• Water Consumption

Intervention

Other:
• Grab 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.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Harvard School of Public Health

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in average student water consumption at lunch		March 2013-June 2013, up to 4 months	No
Secondary	Change in proportion of students drinking water at lunch		March 2013-June 2013, up to 4 months	No
Secondary	Change in proportion of students with sugar-sweetened beverages at lunch		March 2013-June 2013, up to 4 months	No