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Sleep problems in pre-school children.

W Crawford, R Bennet, K Hewitt

    Health Visitor
    |March 1, 1989
    PubMed
    Summary
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    Health visitors can effectively treat childhood sleep difficulties in disadvantaged families using tailored programs. These brief, low-cost interventions show positive results, improving children's sleep and offering practical health visiting strategies.

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    Area of Science:

    • Pediatrics
    • Child Psychology
    • Public Health Nursing

    Background:

    • Sleep difficulties are prevalent in children from socially disadvantaged backgrounds.
    • Effective, accessible interventions are needed to address pediatric sleep problems in vulnerable populations.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To evaluate the effectiveness of individualized constructional treatment programs for children's sleep difficulties.
    • To explore the implications of these interventions for health visiting practice.

    Main Methods:

    • A health visitor documented the progress of nine children with sleep issues.
    • Individualized, constructional treatment programs were implemented for each child.

    Main Results:

    • The applied treatment programs were effective in resolving sleep difficulties rapidly.

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  • The interventions were found to be cost-effective.

    • Conclusions:

    • Individualized health visitor-led interventions can successfully address childhood sleep problems.
    • These findings support the integration of behavioral sleep treatments into routine health visiting services for at-risk families.