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. 2022 Feb;8(1):11-22.
doi: 10.1016/j.sleh.2021.10.008. Epub 2022 Jan 4.

Adolescent sleep health and school start times: Setting the research agenda for California and beyond. A research summit summary

Terra D Ziporyn  1 , Judith A Owens  2 , Kyla L Wahlstrom  3 , Amy R Wolfson  4 , Wendy M Troxel  5 , Jared M Saletin  6 , Sonia L Rubens  7 , Rafael Pelayo  8 , Phyllis A Payne  1 , Lauren Hale  9 , Irena Keller  10 , Mary A Carskadon  6
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Adolescent sleep health and school start times: Setting the research agenda for California and beyond. A research summit summary

Terra D Ziporyn et al. Sleep Health. 2022 Feb.

Abstract

In fall 2019, California passed and signed into law SB328, the first US statewide legislation explicitly designed to protect adolescent sleep health by requiring most California public school districts to start no earlier than 8:00 AM for middle schools and 8:30 AM for high schools. Recognizing the unique opportunity presented by the bill's 3-year implementation period, a group of experts in adolescent sleep and school start times held a virtual summit on January 22-23, 2021 to (1) summarize the research on adolescent sleep and school start time change; (2) develop recommendations for relevant, refined, and innovative research areas and research questions; (3) provide input regarding research design, methodology, and implementation; and (4) offer a forum for networking, exchanging ideas, and establishing interdisciplinary research collaborations. Participants represented a multidisciplinary range of academic backgrounds including sleep and circadian biology, neuroscience, education, medicine, public health, mental health, safety, public policy, economics, implementation science, criminology, diversity studies, and science communication. This paper summarizes summit presentations regarding current knowledge on adolescent sleep health and school start times and key research recommendations from small group workshops on topics including research design and tools, methodological issues, sleep health disparities, logistical challenges in conducting school-based research, public-health impact, and novel and expanded approaches to research.

Keywords: Adolescent sleep; Delayed school start times; School districts; Summit research recommendations; United States.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of conflict of interest Dr. Pelayo reports grants from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, and from the National Sleep Foundation during the conduct of the study; he also served on the boards of the nonprofit organizations Start School Later and the National Sleep Foundation and volunteered as chair of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine's Political Action Committee. Drs. Carskadon, Saletin, Troxel, Owens, Rubens, Wahlstrom, and Keller have nothing to disclose. Dr. Hale reports personal fees from National Sleep Foundation, outside the submitted work and serves as Chair of the Board of Directors of the National Sleep Foundation (volunteer position). Ms. Payne reports receiving an honorarium (speaker's fee) from Stanford University School of Medicine's Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Dr. Ziporyn reports personal fees from Stanford University School of Medicine for editorial services. Dr. Wolfson reports personal fees from Stanford University School of Medicine for speaking at Summit referred to in this paper.

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