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The Need to Promote Sleep Health in Public Health Agendas Across the Globe Publisher Pubmed



Lim DC1, 2 ; Najafi A3, 4 ; Afifi L5 ; Bassetti CL6 ; Buysse DJ7 ; Han F8 ; Hogl B9 ; Melaku YA10, 11 ; Morin CM12 ; Pack AI13 ; Poyares D14 ; Somers VK15 ; Eastwood PR16 ; Zee PC17 Show All Authors
Authors
  1. Lim DC1, 2
  2. Najafi A3, 4
  3. Afifi L5
  4. Bassetti CL6
  5. Buysse DJ7
  6. Han F8
  7. Hogl B9
  8. Melaku YA10, 11
  9. Morin CM12
  10. Pack AI13
  11. Poyares D14
  12. Somers VK15
  13. Eastwood PR16
  14. Zee PC17
  15. Jackson CL18, 19
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Authors Affiliations
  1. 1. Miami Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Miami, FL, United States
  2. 2. Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States
  3. 3. Occupational Sleep Research Center, Baharloo Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  4. 4. Sleep Breathing Disorders Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  5. 5. Clinical Neurophysiology Unit, School of Medicine, Cairo University Hospitals, Cairo, Egypt
  6. 6. Department of Neurology, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
  7. 7. Center for Sleep and Circadian Science, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
  8. 8. Department of Sleep Medicine, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
  9. 9. Department of Neurology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
  10. 10. Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute: Sleep Health, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia
  11. 11. Cancer Epidemiology Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
  12. 12. Department of Psychology, CERVO Brain Research Center, Universite Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada
  13. 13. Sleep Division, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
  14. 14. Psychobiology Department, Sleep Medicine Division, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  15. 15. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States
  16. 16. Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Perth, WA, Australia
  17. 17. Division of Sleep Medicine, Center for Circadian and Sleep Medicine, Department of Neurology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
  18. 18. Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, US Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States
  19. 19. Division of Intramural Research, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, US Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD, United States

Source: The Lancet Public Health Published:2023


Abstract

Healthy sleep is essential for physical and mental health, and social wellbeing; however, across the globe, and particularly in developing countries, national public health agendas rarely consider sleep health. Sleep should be promoted as an essential pillar of health, equivalent to nutrition and physical activity. To improve sleep health across the globe, a focus on education and awareness, research, and targeted public health policies are needed. We recommend developing sleep health educational programmes and awareness campaigns; increasing, standardising, and centralising data on sleep quantity and quality in every country across the globe; and developing and implementing sleep health policies across sectors of society. Efforts are needed to ensure equity and inclusivity for all people, particularly those who are most socially and economically vulnerable, and historically excluded. © 2023 Copyright © Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license