Increasing Water Access and Appeal in Community Recreation Centers

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Health Behavior

In brief

This study is a cluster randomized controlled trial with n=28 City of Philadelphia recreation centers (14 matched pairs) designed to determine the effectiveness of a comprehensive multi-level intervention to increase water access and appeal in community recreation centers on 1) center-level water intake as measured by water meters, and 2) purchase of outside beverages as measured by observations of recreation center youth.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03637465

Run by

Philadelphia Department of Public Health

People needed

28

Starts

2017-05-01

Expected to finish

2018-10-30

Last updated by the study team

2019-04-02

Who can join

Age: 3 and older, up to 100. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Recreation center is located in a low-income neighborhood in the City of Philadelphia, defined by ≥20% of the residents in the zip code at or below Federal Poverty Level
• Recreation center includes both summer and after-school programming
• Recreation center is willing to comply with City of Philadelphia Healthy Vending standards and discourage sugar sweetened beverage consumption
• Recreation center has water lines appropriate for installing indoor hydration stations

You may not qualify if…

• Unwilling to accept randomization

Where it is running

• Philadelphia Department of Public Health, Division of Chronic Disease Prevention — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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