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Advancing Water Security: A Community Participatory School-Based Hydration Intervention
Sponsor: Virginia Commonwealth University
Summary
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.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
4 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
7200
Start Date
2024-08-14
Completion Date
2028-05-31
Last Updated
2025-06-11
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
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.
Locations (1)
Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU Healthy Lifestyles Center
Henrico, Virginia, United States