Exploring barriers and facilitators to water availability and accessibility, and potential strategies for improving water accessibility and children’s intake in family childcare homes: a qualitative study
These findings suggest that interventions to increase water consumption at FCCH should provide resources to guarantee safe water access to children, encourage children to drink water, and help clarify misperceptions and confusion around CACFP beverage guidelines. Future research should evaluate the effectiveness of interventions to provide education and water access resources to FCCP and families on improving child water access, availability and intake.
Authors
- Patricia Markham Risica (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2868-1931)
- Madeline Baird (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3490-8722)
- Kim M. Gans (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3623-7790)
- Snehaa Ray (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9427-814X)
- V. Rodríguez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1398-7073)
- Shujie Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5064-5008)
- Alison Tovar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1559-592X)
- Violeta Chacón (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0529-512X)
- Michelle Miller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4435-4148)
- Peter S. McCauley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8400-7311)
- Nathaniel Stekler
- Sarah Wen Warykas
- Vanessa Esquivel
- Naomi Inman
Institutions
- Rhode Island Department of Health (US)
- University of Connecticut (US)
- University of South Carolina (US)
- Providence College (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Nutrition
- Published
- 2025-03-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2025.1442070
- Primary Topic
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00