title: Sleep is in for Summer: Patterns of Sleep and Physical Activity in Urban Minority Girls.
abstract: Urban minority girls are at risk for summertime weight gain, and may also experience insufficient summertime sleep. Few studies have objectively measured sleep in this population or examined correlates, including physical activity (PA). This study is the first to objectively describe summertime sleep among urban minority girls.
  
  
  
  Data were collected at a community-based summer program that promoted PA (n = 60 girls, ages 10-14 years), at two time points: before beginning programming (T1; unstructured context) and during the final week of programming (T2; structured context).
  
  
  
  At both time points, participants experienced shorter nighttime sleep than the recommended amount for girls their age. African American girls recorded significantly less sleep than Latina girls in the unstructured context. Findings also suggest that sleep schedules have an influential role in youths' abilities to obtain adequate sleep.
  
  
  
  Overall, summertime sleep is an understudied health behavior that may be important to consider among minority youth.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Loyola University Chicago, cbates3@luc.edu.
authors.forename: Carolyn R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Bates
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Loyola University Chicago.
authors.forename: Amy M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Bohnert
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School.
authors.forename: Amanda K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Loyola University Chicago.
authors.forename: Kimberly A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Burdette
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Sciences, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, and.
authors.forename: Stephanie A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Kliethermes
authors.affiliation: Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children, Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute.
authors.forename: Sarah B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Welch
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Loyola University Chicago.
authors.forename: Rebecca L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Silton
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Sciences, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, and.
authors.forename: Lara R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Dugas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D002641:Chicago; D002648:Child; D015444:Exercise / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015438:Health Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000523:psychology*; D012621:Seasons; D012890:Sleep; D014504:Urban Health / Q000208:ethnology
keywords: adolescents; health behavior; race/ethnicity; sleep