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Advancing Water Security: a Community Participatory School-Based Hydration Intervention

Description

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.

Conditions

Dental CariesObesity Prevention
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Dental CariesObesity Prevention

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Study Details

Study 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.

Advancing Water Security: a Community Participatory School-Based Hydration Intervention

Advancing Water Security: a Community Participatory School-Based Hydration Intervention

Condition
Dental Caries
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Henrico

Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU Healthy Lifestyles Center, Henrico, Virginia, United States, 23229

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility 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.
  • * 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.

Ages Eligible for Study

4 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Virginia Commonwealth University,

Study Record Dates

2028-05