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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:
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Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report— “Perceived Insufficient Rest
or Sleep – United States, 2006.”
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Sleep e-card—This card takes research-based health information
regarding sleep that the CDC has used in more traditional ways; -- such
as, in brochures, posters, and on its Web site and created an e-card
that put it into links inside cards for people can to send to friends,
family, and co-workers.
- Sleep
podcast— The podcast discusses sleep loss and sleeping disorders and
their negative effects on health, including diabetes, obesity,
depression, and anxiety.
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
HHS
Healthbeat segment, Daily HealthBeat Tip—March 26, 2008.
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Sleep Duration as a Correlate of Smoking, Alcohol Use, Leisure-Time
Physical Inactivity, and Obesity Among Adults: United States, 2004–2006.
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Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance —United States, 2007 (PDF–1Mb).
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Page last modified: November 25, 2008
Content source: Division of Adult
and Community Health, National
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