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  • Pediatric Health
  • Sleep Science
  • Community-Based Research

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  • Sleep health is crucial for child development and well-being.
  • Children in economically stressed urban settings face higher risks of sleep deficiency.
  • Existing sleep interventions often lack contextual relevance for these populations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe a community-engaged study protocol focused on sleep health in urban children.
  • To understand parent and provider perspectives on sleep habits and challenges.
  • To inform the development of contextually appropriate sleep promotion strategies.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing a convergent mixed-methods design guided by the social-ecological model.
  • Conducting semi-structured interviews with parents, childcare providers, and healthcare providers.
  • Collecting objective sleep data via wrist actigraphy and parent-reported sleep data for children aged 6-36 months.

Main Results:

  • Phase I focuses on qualitative and quantitative data collection to understand sleep-related factors.
  • Analysis will involve qualitative descriptive approaches and descriptive statistics.
  • Findings from Phase I will directly inform Phase II program development.

Conclusions:

  • This research addresses a critical gap in sleep health interventions for vulnerable urban children.
  • The study aims to develop and implement a culturally tailored program to improve child sleep health.
  • Long-term goals include enhancing sleep-related outcomes and overall health in this population.