title: Managing obstructive sleep apnoea and achieving equity: implications for health services.
abstract: Sleep occupies a third of life, and poor sleep has wide-ranging consequences for health, safety, and well-being. Recent research suggests significant inequalities in sleep health between Māori and non-Māori adults in New Zealand including self-reported sleeping problems and obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS). This paper will outline a series of studies that were designed to assess how many people were affected by OSAS in Aotearoa/New Zealand and specifically sought to prioritise the needs of Māori. It will discuss a number of issues related to the diagnosis and treatment of OSAS in New Zealand and present strategies for reducing inequalities in sleep health.
authors.affiliation: Sleep/Wake Research Centre, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand. s.j.paine@massey.ac.nz
authors.forename: Sarah-Jane
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Paine
authors.forename: Ricci B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: Kara M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Mihaere
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017281:Cost of Illness; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005006:Ethnicity; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D009520:New Zealand; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D017286:Polysomnography; D015995:Prevalence; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000191:economics / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000628:therapy*; D056508:Sleep Medicine Specialty; D012923:Social Class; D014478:Unemployment