Evaluation of the 'H2NOE Water Schools' programme to promote water consumption in elementary schoolchildren: a non-randomised controlled cluster trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study evaluated a simple environmental intervention called 'Water Schools' in Lower Austria providing free refillable water bottles and educational material.

Design

Non-randomised controlled cluster trial with three measurements: at baseline (T0), after the intervention at 9 months (T1) and after 1-year follow-up (T2).

Setting

Half-day elementary schools in Lower Austria (Austria).

Participants

Third-grade pupils from twenty-two schools in the intervention group (IG) and thirty-two schools in the control group (CG) participated in the study. Data were analysed for 569 to 598 pupils in the IG and for 545 to 613 in the CG, depending on the time of measurement.

Results

The consumption of tap water increased in the IG from baseline to T1 and t

SUBMITTER: Griebler U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8825982 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature