How providing a low-cost water filter pitcher led Latino parents to reduce sugar-sweetened beverages and increase their water intake: explanatory qualitative results from the Water Up!@Home intervention trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study sought to explain results of the Water Up!@Home randomised controlled trial where low-income parents were randomised to receive an educational intervention +a low-cost water filter pitcher or only the filter. Parents in both groups had reported statistically significant reductions in sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) and increases in water intake post-intervention.

Design

Qualitative explanatory in-depth interviews analysed thematically and deductively.

Setting

Washington, DC metropolitan area, USA.

Participants

Low-income Latino parents of infants/toddlers who had participated in the Water Up! @Home randomised controlled trial.

Results

The filter-stimulated water consumption in both groups by (1) increasing parents' perception of wate

SUBMITTER: Santillan-Vazquez C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9713685 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature