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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Division of Adult and Community Health (DACH)
4770 Buford Hwy, NE
MS K–46
Atlanta, GA 30341-3717

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About Us

Our vision: A world where everyone gets sufficient sleep.

Our mission: To raise awareness about the problem of sleep insufficiency and sleep disorders and the importance of sleep for the nation’s overall health.

The CDC and its partners work to heighten awareness of the impact of sleep on the public’s health and safety. About 70 million Americans suffer from chronic sleep problems. Sleep deprivation is associated with injuries, chronic diseases, mental illnesses, poor quality of life and well-being, increased health care costs, and lost work productivity. Sleep problems are critically under-addressed contributors to some chronic conditions, including obesity and depression.

Our work: The Sleep and Sleeping Disorders Team is located in the Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.

Our goal: To assess the population's prevalence of sleep insufficiency and sleep disorders, and the importance of sleep for the public health of the nation.

Objectives:

  • Strengthen surveillance of sleep at national and state levels.
  • Promote partnerships that deliver broad-based messages to diverse populations.
  • Increase public awareness about sleep, sleep disorders, and consequences of sleep deprivation.
  • Promote science-based public policies that improve the sleep health of the nation.
  • Advance strategies to reduce the impact of sleep deprivation on the public’s health and safety.
  • Promote recognition of and access to care for all individuals with sleep disorders.

Public Health Surveillance

  • The Sleep and Sleeping Disorders Team works to increase awareness of sleep and sleeping disorders and their impact on the public’s health. The team has worked to develop and implement new questions for CDC’s public health surveillance systems including the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, the world’s largest, on-going telephone health survey system, tracking health conditions and risk behaviors in the United States yearly since 1984.

Insufficient Sleep and Sleeping Disorders Studies

  • The team works to disseminate sleep research and data from state and national surveillance systems including the Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System and Youth Risk Behavior Survey. The team also conducts applied public health research to assess the relationships between insufficient sleep and chronic disease, behavioral, and social outcomes.

Partnerships

Responses to Public Inquiry

  • The Sleep and Sleeping Disorders Team responds to public inquiries from Congress, federal and state agencies, public health and health organizations, as well as the general public.

Publicity and Sponsorship of Sleep and Sleeping Disorders Focused Events

  • National Sleep Awareness Week
  • Drowsy Driving Prevention Week
  • CDC Sleep Workshop

Resources and Further Information:

* Links to non-Federal organizations are provided solely as a service to our users. Links do not constitute an endorsement of any organization by CDC or the Federal Government, and none should be inferred. The CDC is not responsible for the content of the individual organization Web pages found at this link.

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Page last modified: November 25, 2008
Content source: Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

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