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Student-Reported School Drinking Fountain Availability by Youth Characteristics and State Plumbing Codes

INTRODUCTION: Caloric intake among children could be reduced if sugar-sweetened beverages were replaced by plain water. School drinking water infrastructure is dictated in part by state plumbing codes, which generally require a minimum ratio of drinking fountains to students. Actual availability of...

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Autores principales: Onufrak, Stephen J., Park, Sohyun, Wilking, Cara
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3992292/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24742393
http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd11.130314
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description INTRODUCTION: Caloric intake among children could be reduced if sugar-sweetened beverages were replaced by plain water. School drinking water infrastructure is dictated in part by state plumbing codes, which generally require a minimum ratio of drinking fountains to students. Actual availability of drinking fountains in schools and how availability differs according to plumbing codes is unknown. METHODS: We abstracted state plumbing code data and used the 2010 YouthStyles survey data from 1,196 youth aged 9 through 18 years from 47 states. We assessed youth-reported school drinking fountain or dispenser availability and differences in availability according to state plumbing codes, sociodemographic characteristics, and area-level characteristics. RESULTS: Overall, 57.3% of youth reported that drinking fountains or dispensers in their schools were widely available, 40.1% reported there were only a few, and 2.6% reported that there were no working fountains. Reported fountain availability differed significantly (P < .01) by race/ethnicity, census region, the fountain to student ratio specified in plumbing codes, and whether plumbing codes allowed substitution of nonplumbed water sources for plumbed fountains. “Widely available” fountain access ranged from 45.7% in the West to 65.4% in the Midwest and was less common where state plumbing codes required 1 fountain per more than 100 students (45.4%) compared with 1 fountain per 100 students (60.1%) or 1 fountain per fewer than 100 students (57.6%). CONCLUSION: Interventions designed to increase consumption of water may want to consider the role of plumbing codes in availability of school drinking fountains.
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spelling pubmed-39922922014-04-28 Student-Reported School Drinking Fountain Availability by Youth Characteristics and State Plumbing Codes Onufrak, Stephen J. Park, Sohyun Wilking, Cara Prev Chronic Dis Original Research INTRODUCTION: Caloric intake among children could be reduced if sugar-sweetened beverages were replaced by plain water. School drinking water infrastructure is dictated in part by state plumbing codes, which generally require a minimum ratio of drinking fountains to students. Actual availability of drinking fountains in schools and how availability differs according to plumbing codes is unknown. METHODS: We abstracted state plumbing code data and used the 2010 YouthStyles survey data from 1,196 youth aged 9 through 18 years from 47 states. We assessed youth-reported school drinking fountain or dispenser availability and differences in availability according to state plumbing codes, sociodemographic characteristics, and area-level characteristics. RESULTS: Overall, 57.3% of youth reported that drinking fountains or dispensers in their schools were widely available, 40.1% reported there were only a few, and 2.6% reported that there were no working fountains. Reported fountain availability differed significantly (P < .01) by race/ethnicity, census region, the fountain to student ratio specified in plumbing codes, and whether plumbing codes allowed substitution of nonplumbed water sources for plumbed fountains. “Widely available” fountain access ranged from 45.7% in the West to 65.4% in the Midwest and was less common where state plumbing codes required 1 fountain per more than 100 students (45.4%) compared with 1 fountain per 100 students (60.1%) or 1 fountain per fewer than 100 students (57.6%). CONCLUSION: Interventions designed to increase consumption of water may want to consider the role of plumbing codes in availability of school drinking fountains. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014-04-17 /pmc/articles/PMC3992292/ /pubmed/24742393 http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd11.130314 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Student-Reported School Drinking Fountain Availability by Youth Characteristics and State Plumbing Codes
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title_fullStr Student-Reported School Drinking Fountain Availability by Youth Characteristics and State Plumbing Codes
title_full_unstemmed Student-Reported School Drinking Fountain Availability by Youth Characteristics and State Plumbing Codes
title_short Student-Reported School Drinking Fountain Availability by Youth Characteristics and State Plumbing Codes
title_sort student-reported school drinking fountain availability by youth characteristics and state plumbing codes
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3992292/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24742393
http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd11.130314
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