221404 Session Abstract: Sleep, mental health, and risk behaviors

Wednesday, November 10, 2010 : 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM

Geraldine S. Perry, DrPH, RD , National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Adult and Community Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
Zahid Samad, MD, MPH, MBA , National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
Letitia Presley-Cantrell, PhD , National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Adult and Community Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
Anne Wheaton, PhD , National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Adult and Community Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
Daniel Chapman, PhD , National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Adult and Community Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
Lela McKnight-Eily, PhD , National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Adult and Community Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
Pete Hunt, MA , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Adolescent and School Health, Atlanta, GA
Janet B. Croft, PhD , National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Population Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
     
More than one in four adults in the U.S. reports not getting enough sleep. Findings from the 2006 Sleep in America Poll indicate that over 60% of high school students reported getting less than the recommended eight hours of sleep on school nights. Insufficient sleep is associated with several health problems including obesity, depression, and adverse health behaviors such as physical inactivity, cigarette smoking, and excessive drinking. Insufficient sleep is also associated with substantial injury and disability each year as a result of motor vehicle and machinery-related accidents. This session will discuss the association between duration of sleep and weight loss practices among adolescents, risk factors associated with insufficient sleep among adolescents, how the presence of children in the household impact sleep sufficiency in parents, the impact and importance of school start time policies. Moderator: Geraldine S Perry, DrPH, RD 1. Sleep duration and weight-loss behaviors – 2007 Youth Risk Behavior Survey: AG Wheaton, GS Perry, DP Chapman, JB Croft. 2. The relationships between insufficient sleep, depressive symptomatology, and selected depression related health-risk behaviors in U.S. adolescent students.: Lela R. McKnight-Eily, Janet B. Croft. 3. Sleep Insufficiency and Household Demographics in the U.S.: Daniel P. Chapman, Anne G. Wheaton, Geraldine S. Perry, Stephanie L.Sturgis, Tara W. Strine, Janet B. Croft. 4. Addressing Adolescent Sleep Needs Through Later High-School Start Times Policy Development: Zahid Samad, Pete Hunt, Janet B. Croft, Letitia Presley-Cantrell, Lela McKnight-Eily, Daniel P. Chapman, Mohamed G. Qayad, Stephanie Sturgis, Geraldine S. Perry.

Organizer: Geraldine S Perry, 770-488-5174

Learning Areas:
Chronic disease management and prevention
Epidemiology
Implementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs
Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs
Public health or related public policy
Public health or related research

Learning Objectives:
Session Objectives: 1. Describe the association between short sleep duration and weight-loss behaviors of adolescents 2. Discuss the relationship between household demographics and sleep insufficiency 3. Describe the risk factors associated with insufficient sleep among adolescents 4. Identify various policy challenges and solutions to improve sleep among high-school students 5. Discuss how later high-school start time policy changes could lead to better health and academic performance of high-school students.

Keywords: Adolescent Health, Mental Health

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: Lead Health Scientist working on research related to sleep and mental health; training in epidemiology, sleep, public health.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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