This award will support a natural experiment that will (1) examine the change in free drinking water access in Food Service Areas in California public schools from before to after Senate Bill 1413/Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act implementation; (2) assess changes in the proportion of schools with excellent water access and barriers and facilitators to providing excellent water access in a subsample of schools that have excellent and poor water access; and (3) investigate the addition of water language to district wellness policies over the past five years and if the strength/comprehensiveness of water language in the district wellness policy correlates with excellence in water access at the school.
Examining Policies Providing Access to Free Water in Schools and the Health Impact of an Alternative to Sugar-Sweetened Beverages
Start Date: December 2015
ID #: 73248
Principal Investigator: Anisha Patel, MD, MSPH, MSHS
Organization: Regents of the University of California, San Francisco
Funding Round: Round 9
Focus Areas: Beverages, School & After School
Age Groups: Elementary-age children (grades K to 5), Young adolescents (grades 6 to 8), Adolescents (grades 9 to 12)
Resource Type: Grant Summary
Race/Ethnicity: Multi-racial/ethnic
State: California
Keywords: Food service, Nutrition standards, School meal programs, School wellness policies, Sugar-sweetened beverages, Water
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