title: Sleep coaches: characterization of a burgeoning pediatric provider group from Internet advertisements for services.
abstract: Sleep coaches are an emerging group of pediatric providers whose scope of services and regional distribution have not been well characterized. This descriptive analysis used Internet data to identify sleep coaches and certification programs in the US; we found a sizeable diversity of backgrounds, training, services offered, and pricing.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO. Electronic address: david.ingram2@childrenscolorado.org.
authors.forename: David G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Ingram
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.
authors.forename: David T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Plante
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.
authors.forename: Camilla K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Matthews
mesh_terms: D000329:Advertising; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000191:economics; D002568:Certification; D002648:Child; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D010372:Pediatrics; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000628:therapy*