Water First School Water Promotion and Access Intervention: A Cost Analysis Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adequate water intake is associated with improved cognitive and physical performance, prevention of dental caries, and overweight and obesity. However, access to free drinking water in schools remains inadequate. Water First, a school-based intervention promoting water consumption, was shown effective in preventing overweight, yet its costs have not been quantified.

Objective

To evaluate the costs of Water First from the school's perspective over 1 academic year.

Design

Secondary analysis of a cluster-randomized clinical trial assessing the cost of Water First.

Participants and setting

Six public schools in the San Francisco Bay Area during the 2018-2019 academic year, with an average of 578 ± 69 students per school and 110 ± 2 fourth-grade students

SUBMITTER: Pedroza-Tobias A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12053504 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature