Lindsey Turner, Meghan Eliason, Anna Sandoval, Frank J Chaloupka
Increasing Prevalence of US Elementary School Gardens, but Disparities Reduce Opportunities for Disadvantaged Students
The Journal of school health
examined free drinking water access schools conducted crosssectional interviews administrators 240 california public schools may november 2011 examine proportion schools met excellent water access criteria ie location density type maintenance appeal water sources schoollevel characteristics associated excellent water access barriers improvements schools met criteria excellent water access high schools middle schools lower fountainstudent ratios elementary schools odds ratio 006 95 confidence interval ci 002 020 030 95 ci 012 070 rural schools likely offer nonfountain water source city schools 50 95 ci 174 1470 newer schools likely maintain water sources older schools 098 95 ci 097 100 schools offered free water food service areas increased pre postimplementation californias school water policy 7283 p 048 barriers improving school water included cost programs pressing concerns awareness benefits related school drinking water provision funding may help communities achieve excellence drinking water access