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• Editorial

  Virtual special issue: Updates on school start times and adolescent sleep health

  Troxel et al.

  Published online: October 21, 2022
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  Research Article

  How the 2020 US Presidential election impacted sleep and its relationship to public mood and alcohol consumption

  Cunningham et al.

  Published online: October 21, 2022
• Review Article

  Call to action: Addressing sleep disturbances, a hallmark symptom of PTSD, for refugees, asylum seekers, and internally displaced persons

  Jou et al.

  Published online: October 26, 2022
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  Racial disparities in the pharmacological treatment of insomnia: A time-to-event analysis using real-world data

  Holler et al.

  Published online: February 27, 2023

Press Releases

Sleep Health Journal Article Highlights Disparity in Treatment of Insomnia in Minority Patients

Washington, D.C. (February 28, 2023): New research findings published in the National Sleep Foundation’s (NSF) Sleep Health Journal show patients belonging to racial minority groups are less likely to be prescribed an insomnia medication than white patients, after accounting for sociodemographic and clinical factors.

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Sleep Health Journal Article Highlights Association between Sociopolitical Events and Sleep

Washington, D.C. (November 1, 2022): New research findings published in the National Sleep Foundation’s (NSF) Sleep Health Journal show how major sociopolitical events can have global impacts on sleep that interact with significant fluctuations in public mood and well-being.

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Sleep Health Journal Article Highlights Association between Sleep and Life Satisfaction in Parents

Washington, D.C. (September 20, 2022): New research findings published in the National Sleep Foundation’s (NSF) Sleep Health Journal show that, for new and established parents, getting sufficient sleep plays an important role in their mental health and, in turn, life satisfaction.

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National Sleep Foundation’s Sleep Health Journal Publishes Special Issue on Sleep in the Family System

Washington, D.C. (February 16, 2022): The National Sleep Foundation’s Sleep Health journal has published a special issue to highlight the central role of sleep in key aspects of family life, spanning individual functioning, relationship quality, and overall family health.

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Sleep Health: Journal of the National Sleep Foundation

Sleep Health Journal of the National Sleep Foundation is a multidisciplinary journal that explores sleep's role in population health and elucidates the social science perspective on sleep and health. Aligned with the National Sleep Foundation's global authoritative, evidence-based voice for sleep health, the journal serves as the foremost publication for manuscripts that advance the sleep health of all members of society.The scope of the journal extends across diverse sleep-related fields, including anthropology, education, health services research, human development, international health, law, mental health, nursing, nutrition, psychology, public health, public policy, fatigue management, transportation, social work, and sociology. The journal welcomes original research articles, review articles, brief reports, special articles, letters to the editor, editorials, and commentaries.

About the National Sleep Foundation

The National Sleep Foundation (NSF) is dedicated to improving health and well-being through sleep education and advocacy. Founded in 1990, NSF is committed to advancing excellence in sleep health theory, research and practice. theNSF.org SleepHealthJournal.org.

Free access to Volume 6 / Issue 4 of Sleep Health. The latest issue of the National Sleep Foundation’s Sleep Health Journal features a collection of new research studies that add to the evidence base for racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in sleep health.

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Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate One Minute Before Awakening, 1944, Salvador Dali. © 2022 Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Artists Rights Society. Credit for the journal cover image and the image above: Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza / Scala / Art Resource, NY

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Articles in Press

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  Research Article

  Association of plant-based diet index with sleep quality in middle-aged and older adults: The Healthy Dance Study

  Tang et al.

  Published online: June 4, 2023
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  Research Article

  Open Access

  Financial hardship, sleep disturbances, and their relationship among men and women in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic

  Gaston et al.

  Published online: June 4, 2023
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  Editorial

  A Revolutionary Look at Sleep

  Buxton et al.

  Published online: June 3, 2023
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  Research Article

  Sleep mediates the effect of stressful environments on youth development of impulsivity: The moderating role of within default mode network resting-state functional connectivity

  Zhang et al.

  Published online: June 1, 2023

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  Published online: June 19, 2017
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  Associations of time spent on homework or studying with nocturnal sleep behavior and depression symptoms in adolescents from Singapore

  Yeo et al.

  Published online: June 12, 2020
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  Adolescent use of social media and associations with sleep patterns across 18 European and North American countries

  Boniel-Nissim et al.

  Published online: February 18, 2023
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  Performance evaluation of a wrist-worn reflectance pulse oximeter during sleep

  Jung et al.

  Published online: July 8, 2022
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  Bedtime screen use behaviors and sleep outcomes: Findings from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study

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