The need to promote sleep health in public health agendas across the globe.

Diane C Lim, Arezu Najafi, Lamia Afifi, Claudio LA Bassetti, Daniel J Buysse, Fang Han, Birgit Högl, Yohannes Adama Melaku, Charles M Morin, Allan I Pack, Dalva Poyares, Virend K Somers, Peter R Eastwood, Phyllis C Zee, Chandra L Jackson

Journal: The Lancet. Public health 2023;8(10):e820-e826

PMID: 37777291

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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.

Address: Miami Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Miami, FL, USA; Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA.; Occupational Sleep Research Center, Baharloo Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Sleep Breathing Disorders Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.; Clinical Neurophysiology Unit, School of Medicine, Cairo University Hospitals, Cairo, Egypt.; Department of Neurology, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.; Center for Sleep and Circadian Science, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.; Department of Sleep Medicine, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China.; Department of Neurology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.; Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute: Sleep Health, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia; Cancer Epidemiology Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.; Department of Psychology, and CERVO Brain Research Center, Université Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada.; Sleep Division, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.; Psychobiology Department, Sleep Medicine Division, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.; Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.; Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Perth, WA, Australia.; Division of Sleep Medicine, Center for Circadian and Sleep Medicine, Department of Neurology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.; Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, US Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA; 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, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

DOI: 10.1016/S2468-2667(23)00182-2

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MeSH Terms: Humans, Public Health, Public Policy, Health Education, Health Policy, Sleep