Advancing Water Security: A Community Participatory School-Based Hydration Intervention
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In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Hydration.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Dental Caries, Obesity Prevention. Basic parameters: from 4 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
The goal of this study is to determine the effectiveness and sustainability of a community-participatory hydration intervention over 3 years within a district that has newly installed hydration stations and is operating under a policy designed to enhance heathy hydration practices and promote equitable access to drinking water.
Detailed description
The goal of this study is to determine the effectiveness of a hydration intervention on hydration station usage (primary outcome), Body Mass Index z-scores (zBMI) and dental caries (primary biomedical outcomes), and water bottle usage, beverage selection and intake, and academic outcomes (secondary outcomes).
Interventions
- Behavioral Hydration
Clusters of schools will sequentially be exposed to the intervention in a stepped-wedge fashion. The intervention is a 4-month community participatory school-based hydration intervention that includes provision of refillable water bottles in schools with hydration stations in addition to: 1) social marketing, 2) behavioral reinforcement, and 3) education and outreach.
Primary outcome measures
- Water Station Usage [Time frame: Years 1-3]
- Dental Caries Status [Time frame: up to 3 years]
- Body Mass Index (BMI) [Time frame: up to 3 years]
Secondary outcome measures (9)
- Water Bottle Usage at Lunch [Time frame: up to 3 years]
- Beverage Selection at Lunch [Time frame: up to 3 years]
- Academics [Time frame: up to 3 years]
- Beverage Intake [Time frame: up to 3 years]
- Water Source Assessment [Time frame: up to 3 years]
- School Personnel Knowledge [Time frame: up to 3 years]
- School Environment [Time frame: up to 3 years]
- Beverage Sales [Time frame: up to 3 years]
- National School Lunch Program (NSLP) Participation [Time frame: up to 3 years]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Lunchroom observations: All students (K-5th \[Pre-Kindergarten if applicable\]) who eat lunch in the cafeteria on assessment days are eligible
- BMI and dental caries assessments: 1) student enrolls in study while in 3rd grade (followed through 5th g)
- Student surveys: Students in 4th-5th grade are eligible to complete surveys assessing beverage intake and perceptions of hydration practices within their school district.
- Staff surveys: All staff in the target schools will be eligible to complete the Personnel Survey.
Exclusion criteria
- Lunchroom observations: None.
- BMI and dental caries assessments: Students are ineligible if they are unable to complete assessments due to developmental or physical reasons, 2) planning to move in the study duration
- Student surveys: None.
- Staff surveys: None.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Sequential
- Masking
- Double blind
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU Healthy Lifestyles Center — Henrico
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06714929 · HM20028646 · R01HD114792