title: Reducing health disparities: the role of sleep deficiency and sleep disorders.
abstract: Decrements in sleep health, including insufficient sleep duration, irregular timing of sleep, poor sleep quality, and sleep/circadian disorders, are widespread in modern society and are associated with an array of disease risks and outcomes, including those contributing to health disparities (eg, cardiovascular disease, obesity and diabetes, psychiatric illness, and cancer). Recent findings have uncovered racial/ethnic and socioeconomic position differences in sleep health; however, the contribution of sleep deficiency to health disparities remains largely unexplored, and understanding the underlying causes of disparities in sleep health is only beginning to emerge. In 2011, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) convened a workshop, bringing together sleep and health disparities investigators, to identify research gaps and opportunities to advance sleep and health disparities science. This article provides a brief background and rationale for the workshop, and it disseminates the research recommendations and priorities resulting from the working group discussions.
authors.affiliation: National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Suite 10042, Bethesda, MD 20892-7952, USA. Electronic address: laposkya@nhlbi.nih.gov.
authors.forename: Aaron D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Laposky
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, 5841 South Maryland Ave, MC 6092, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
authors.forename: Eve
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Van Cauter
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Drexel University, 3215 Market St., Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Ana V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Diez-Roux
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D005006:Ethnicity; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D044469:Racial Groups; D012307:Risk Factors; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000208:ethnology*; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000208:ethnology*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: Cardiovascular disease; Diabetes; Health disparities; Obstructive sleep apnea; Sleep deficiency; Socioeconomic position