Karen Bonuck|Arthur E. Blank|Barbara True-Felt|Ronald D. Chervin
Promoting Sleep Health Among Families of Young Children in Head Start: Protocol for a Social-Ecological Approach
Albert Einstein College of Medicine|Albert Einstein College of Medicine|University of Michigan–Ann Arbor|University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
inadequate poor quality sleep early childhood impairs socialemotional cognitive function via effects developing brain increases obesity risk via hormonal endocrine effects prevalence short sleep duration behavioral sleep problems sleepdisordered breathing among children aged 3 5 years 20 50 healthy sleep habits increase sleep duration prevent behavioral sleep problems awareness sleepdisordered breathing symptoms leads timely treatment designed study aims empower families whose children early childhood programs knowledge skills needed obtain healthy sleep recognize sleep problem used socialecological framework guide individual interpersonal organizational community policy interventions study builds sweet dreamzzz inc early childhood sleep education program ecsep head start steppedwedgecluster randomized trial test effects child parent classroom outcomes policy evaluation assess impact knowledgetranslation strategies study 3 aims first adapt educational materials multimedia formats build capacity head start agencies implement study second aim enroll 540 parentchild dyads primary prevention trial sleep health promotion head start analyze effects childrens sleep duration primary outcome parents knowledge attitudes selfefficacy behavior childrens sleep difficulties third aim conduct secondary prevention feasibility study screening guidance sleep problems secondary outcomes changes classroom behaviors policies integrating sleep health literacy early childhood programs could affect lifecourse development millions children