Bedtime Stories: Tailored Sleep Health Messaging for Caregivers
Boston Children's Hospital
Summary
To date, there are very few established sleep health education models targeting caregivers of school-aged children from historically marginalized and/or low income communities. To address this significant gap, this project seeks to examine the feasibility, acceptability, and usability of the Bedtime Stories Sleep Health Education Program to improve sleep behavior. Bedtime Stories is a multi-stakeholder (health care providers, school-aged children, and caregivers of school-aged children) and a multi-component program. The caregiver component of the program utilizes mobile health technology with targeted and tailored sleep health messaging for caregivers of school-aged children. Addressing these aims will help to mitigate gaps in the delivery of health care services to caregivers and families in low income and historically marginalized communities, where services and interventions are scant.
Description
Healthy sleep practices are a fundamental component of sleep education interventions designed to prevent sleep problems from developing (Masten et al., 2006) and aide in managing existing sleep disorders such as insomnia in children (Moore et al., 2007). Although poor sleep is linked to a host of negative outcomes, sleep health may also be viewed in a positive light, i.e., "sleep wellness" that places the emphasis on the benefits of good sleep and its importance to overall health maintenance and improvement. Indeed, both the positive and negative aspects of sleep are highly relevant with regar…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria: * 18 years old or over * Caregivers of school-aged children (5-11 years of age) that receive care at participating community healthcare centers in the Boston area * English fluency Exclusion Criteria: * Planning on moving within the next 3 months * Does not live in the home with the child
Interventions
- BehavioralBedtime Stories Sleep Health Education Program for Caregivers (BTS-C)
The BTS-C includes 6 educational modules on different topics related to sleep health: principles of healthy sleep practices include sleep routines, the sleep environment, considerations for screen time, timing of sleep and activities surrounding sleep, expectations for healthy sleep and sleep duration. Caregivers will also receive a combination of tailored messages or prompts to explore progress, identify strategies for change, and goal setting.
Location
- Boston Children's HospitalBoston, Massachusetts