Barnes, C. M., & Drake, C. L. (2015). Prioritizing sleep health: Public health policy recommendations. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 10(6), 733-7.
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Abstract
The schedules that Americans live by are not consistent with healthy sleep patterns. In addition, poor access to educational and treatment aids for sleep leaves people engaging in behavior that is harmful to sleep and forgoing treatment for sleep disorders. This has created a sleep crisis that is a public health issue with broad implications for cognitive outcomes, mental health, physical health, work performance, and safety. New public policies should be formulated to address these issues. We draw from the scientific literature to recommend the following: establishing national standards for middle and high school start times that are later in the day, stronger regulation of work hours and schedules, eliminating daylight saving time, educating the public regarding the impact of electronic media on sleep, and improving access to ambulatory in-home diagnostic testing for sleep disorders.
Keywords
Daylight savings time; health policy; public health; sleep; sleep health
MeSH Terms
Health Policy*
Humans
Public Health*
Sleep*
Sleep Wake Disorders*/diagnosis
Sleep Wake Disorders*/etiology
Sleep Wake Disorders*/psychology
Sleep Wake Disorders*/therapy
United States
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