TY - JOUR
T1 - The need to promote sleep health in public health agendas across the globe
AU - World Sleep Society Global Sleep Health Taskforce
AU - Lim, Diane C.
AU - Najafi, Arezu
AU - Afifi, Lamia
AU - Bassetti, Claudio LA
AU - Buysse, Daniel J.
AU - Han, Fang
AU - Högl, Birgit
AU - Melaku, Yohannes Adama
AU - Morin, Charles M.
AU - Pack, Allan I.
AU - Poyares, Dalva
AU - Somers, Virend K.
AU - Eastwood, Peter R.
AU - Zee, Phyllis C.
AU - Jackson, Chandra L.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Copyright © Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license
PY - 2023/10
Y1 - 2023/10
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1016/S2468-2667(23)00182-2
DO - 10.1016/S2468-2667(23)00182-2
M3 - Review article
C2 - 37777291
AN - SCOPUS:85173873317
SN - 2468-2667
VL - 8
SP - e820-e826
JO - The Lancet Public Health
JF - The Lancet Public Health
IS - 10
ER -