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Examining differences in the implementation of school water-quality practices and water-access policies by school demographic characteristics
Ensuring safe, accessible drinking water in schools is a national health priority. The objective of this study was to identify whether there are differences in water quality, availability, and education- related practices in schools by demographic characteristics. In 2017–2018, we analyzed data from...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6389728/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30847271 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2019.100823 |
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author | Cradock, Angie L. Everett Jones, Sherry Merlo, Caitlin |
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description | Ensuring safe, accessible drinking water in schools is a national health priority. The objective of this study was to identify whether there are differences in water quality, availability, and education- related practices in schools by demographic characteristics. In 2017–2018, we analyzed data from the 2014 School Health Policies and Practices Study (SHPPS), a nationally representative, cross-sectional survey of US schools. Analyses examined differences in water-related practices by school characteristics. Response rates for the 3 questionnaires used in this analysis ranged from 69%–94% (Ns ranged from 495 to 577). We found that less than half of schools flush drinking water outlets after periods of non-use (46.4%), conduct periodic inspections that test drinking water outlets for lead (45.8%), and require staff training on drinking water quality (25.6%). Most schools teach the importance of water consumption (81.1%) and offer free drinking water in the cafeteria (88.3%). Some water-related school practices differed by school demographic characteristics though no consistent patterns of associations by school characteristics emerged. In US schools, some water quality-related practices are limited, but water availability and education-related practices are more common. SHPPS data suggest many schools would benefit from support to implement best practices related to school-drinking water. |
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spelling | pubmed-63897282019-03-07 Examining differences in the implementation of school water-quality practices and water-access policies by school demographic characteristics Cradock, Angie L. Everett Jones, Sherry Merlo, Caitlin Prev Med Rep Regular Article Ensuring safe, accessible drinking water in schools is a national health priority. The objective of this study was to identify whether there are differences in water quality, availability, and education- related practices in schools by demographic characteristics. In 2017–2018, we analyzed data from the 2014 School Health Policies and Practices Study (SHPPS), a nationally representative, cross-sectional survey of US schools. Analyses examined differences in water-related practices by school characteristics. Response rates for the 3 questionnaires used in this analysis ranged from 69%–94% (Ns ranged from 495 to 577). We found that less than half of schools flush drinking water outlets after periods of non-use (46.4%), conduct periodic inspections that test drinking water outlets for lead (45.8%), and require staff training on drinking water quality (25.6%). Most schools teach the importance of water consumption (81.1%) and offer free drinking water in the cafeteria (88.3%). Some water-related school practices differed by school demographic characteristics though no consistent patterns of associations by school characteristics emerged. In US schools, some water quality-related practices are limited, but water availability and education-related practices are more common. SHPPS data suggest many schools would benefit from support to implement best practices related to school-drinking water. Elsevier 2019-02-08 /pmc/articles/PMC6389728/ /pubmed/30847271 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2019.100823 Text en © 2019 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Regular Article Cradock, Angie L. Everett Jones, Sherry Merlo, Caitlin Examining differences in the implementation of school water-quality practices and water-access policies by school demographic characteristics |
title | Examining differences in the implementation of school water-quality practices and water-access policies by school demographic characteristics |
title_full | Examining differences in the implementation of school water-quality practices and water-access policies by school demographic characteristics |
title_fullStr | Examining differences in the implementation of school water-quality practices and water-access policies by school demographic characteristics |
title_full_unstemmed | Examining differences in the implementation of school water-quality practices and water-access policies by school demographic characteristics |
title_short | Examining differences in the implementation of school water-quality practices and water-access policies by school demographic characteristics |
title_sort | examining differences in the implementation of school water-quality practices and water-access policies by school demographic characteristics |
topic | Regular Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6389728/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30847271 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2019.100823 |
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