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Sleep Health makes an impact!
Sleep Health 1 (2015) 83
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Editorial
Sleep Health makes an impact!
Welcome to our second issue of Sleep Health. We successfully launched our Journal, with dozens of media outlets picking up stories from some of our articles. In particular, the publication of the National Sleep Foundation (NSF) sleep time recommendations for different age groups 1 was featured on the Today Show, CBS News, and The Washington Post. In our second issue, we again present scientific findings pertaining to the sleep health of the population. This issue will begin with several editorials and then is divided into 4 sections—The Social Patterning of Sleep Among Adults, Sleep Patterns Among Children and Adolescents, Sleep Patterns as a Predictor of Health and Well-Being, and Measuring Sleep in Population Surveys. Below are a few highlights from this issue:
mistic about the possibilities of Sleep Health reaching scholars in disciplines not typically familiar with sleep research. Please share these articles with your colleagues across the social science and health disciplines.
• Knutson2 summarizes the recent 2015 NSF Sleep in America poll. She also highlights a new initiative from the NSF. After more than 10 years of collecting data for the Sleep in America poll, the NSF is now making their raw survey data publicly available on the Journal's Web site. Each year's poll data will be its own data set with a DOI number. We encourage our readers to take advantage of this unique opportunity to access and explore these rich data. • Bonuck and Nelson3 announce a special themed issue for publication in March 2016 on the topic of sleep in early childhood care and education. • Troxel et al4 share novel data on the association between sleep problems and adolescent alcohol and marijuana use. While their results may not be surprising, the findings provide important information about the health behaviors of sleep-deprived teens. • Simonelli et al5 present data on a large Argentinean study identifying social determinants of sleep duration and quality. The authors contribute to sleep health research by showing that reports of home safety are strongly predictive of sleep quality and sleep duration among women. • Finally, Miller et al6 present a set of analyses investigating sleep duration questions typically used in surveys finding discrepancies with sleep diaries. Lauderdale 7 responds to their findings with a thoughtful commentary on this analysis.
Dr Hale has received or is currently receiving research grant support from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for Child Health and Human Development; the National Institute of Aging; the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and she has served as a consultant to a project funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. She also sits on the Board of Directors for the NSF and receives an honorarium from the NSF for her role as editor of this Journal.
All of our articles are available on sleephealthjournal.org in order to facilitate widespread distribution of Journal content. We are opti-
Sincerely, Lauren Hale PhD E-mail address: [email protected]
Disclosure
References 1. Hirshkowitz et al. National Sleep Foundation's sleep time duration recommendations: methodology and result summary. Sleep Health 1(1). 2. Knutson Kristen. Sleep and pain: summary of the 2015 Sleep in America Poll. Sleep Health. 2015;1(2):85. 3. Bonuck K, Nelson B. Healthy sleep in young children: missed opportunity in early childhood programs and policies? Sleep Health. 2015;1(2):86–87. 4. Troxel W, Ewing B, D’Amico EJ. Examining racial/ethnic disparities in the association between adolescent sleep and alcohol or marijuana use. Sleep Health. 2015;1(2):104–108. 5. Guido S, Patel SR, Rodríguez-Espínola S, et al. The impact of home safety on sleep in a Latin American country. Sleep Health. 2015;1(2):98–103. 6. Miller CB, Gordon CJ, Toubia L, et al. Agreement between simple questions about sleep duration and sleep diaries in a large online survey. Sleep Health. 2015;1(2):138–139. 7. Lauderdale D. Commentary on “Agreement between simple questions about sleep duration and sleep diaries in a large online survey”. Sleep Health. 2015;1(2):133–175.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sleh.2015.04.015 2352-7218/© 2015 National Sleep Foundation. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Contents lists available at ScienceDirect
Sleep Health Journal of the National Sleep Foundation journal homepage: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/sleh
Editorial
Sleep Health makes an impact!
Welcome to our second issue of Sleep Health. We successfully launched our Journal, with dozens of media outlets picking up stories from some of our articles. In particular, the publication of the National Sleep Foundation (NSF) sleep time recommendations for different age groups 1 was featured on the Today Show, CBS News, and The Washington Post. In our second issue, we again present scientific findings pertaining to the sleep health of the population. This issue will begin with several editorials and then is divided into 4 sections—The Social Patterning of Sleep Among Adults, Sleep Patterns Among Children and Adolescents, Sleep Patterns as a Predictor of Health and Well-Being, and Measuring Sleep in Population Surveys. Below are a few highlights from this issue:
mistic about the possibilities of Sleep Health reaching scholars in disciplines not typically familiar with sleep research. Please share these articles with your colleagues across the social science and health disciplines.
• Knutson2 summarizes the recent 2015 NSF Sleep in America poll. She also highlights a new initiative from the NSF. After more than 10 years of collecting data for the Sleep in America poll, the NSF is now making their raw survey data publicly available on the Journal's Web site. Each year's poll data will be its own data set with a DOI number. We encourage our readers to take advantage of this unique opportunity to access and explore these rich data. • Bonuck and Nelson3 announce a special themed issue for publication in March 2016 on the topic of sleep in early childhood care and education. • Troxel et al4 share novel data on the association between sleep problems and adolescent alcohol and marijuana use. While their results may not be surprising, the findings provide important information about the health behaviors of sleep-deprived teens. • Simonelli et al5 present data on a large Argentinean study identifying social determinants of sleep duration and quality. The authors contribute to sleep health research by showing that reports of home safety are strongly predictive of sleep quality and sleep duration among women. • Finally, Miller et al6 present a set of analyses investigating sleep duration questions typically used in surveys finding discrepancies with sleep diaries. Lauderdale 7 responds to their findings with a thoughtful commentary on this analysis.
Dr Hale has received or is currently receiving research grant support from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for Child Health and Human Development; the National Institute of Aging; the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and she has served as a consultant to a project funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. She also sits on the Board of Directors for the NSF and receives an honorarium from the NSF for her role as editor of this Journal.
All of our articles are available on sleephealthjournal.org in order to facilitate widespread distribution of Journal content. We are opti-
Sincerely, Lauren Hale PhD E-mail address: [email protected]
Disclosure
References 1. Hirshkowitz et al. National Sleep Foundation's sleep time duration recommendations: methodology and result summary. Sleep Health 1(1). 2. Knutson Kristen. Sleep and pain: summary of the 2015 Sleep in America Poll. Sleep Health. 2015;1(2):85. 3. Bonuck K, Nelson B. Healthy sleep in young children: missed opportunity in early childhood programs and policies? Sleep Health. 2015;1(2):86–87. 4. Troxel W, Ewing B, D’Amico EJ. Examining racial/ethnic disparities in the association between adolescent sleep and alcohol or marijuana use. Sleep Health. 2015;1(2):104–108. 5. Guido S, Patel SR, Rodríguez-Espínola S, et al. The impact of home safety on sleep in a Latin American country. Sleep Health. 2015;1(2):98–103. 6. Miller CB, Gordon CJ, Toubia L, et al. Agreement between simple questions about sleep duration and sleep diaries in a large online survey. Sleep Health. 2015;1(2):138–139. 7. Lauderdale D. Commentary on “Agreement between simple questions about sleep duration and sleep diaries in a large online survey”. Sleep Health. 2015;1(2):133–175.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sleh.2015.04.015 2352-7218/© 2015 National Sleep Foundation. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.