Embracing the School Start Later Movement: Adolescent Sleep Deprivation as a Public Health and Social Justice Problem

摘要

Sleep deficiency is a prominent public health problem— especially among adolescents. In a report based on a nationally representative sample published in AJPHin 2015, Paksarian et al.1 found that only 23% of female and 29% of male adolescents obtained at least eight and a half hours of sleep. Current consensus statements recommend that all adolescents receive between eight and 10 hours of sleep per night for optimal health, performance, and safety of the population.