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ArticleSleep health2024

Addressing sleep deserts: A proposed call for action.

Hrayr Attarian, Galit Levi Dunietz, Ronald Gavidia-Romero, Erica Jansen, Dayna A Johnson, Alexa Kelman, Kristen Knutson

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Article in Sleep health, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Frontiers in sleep · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Hrayr AttarianNorthwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Electronic address: h-attarian@northwestern.edu.
Galit Levi DunietzUniversity of Michigan Medical School, Department of Neurology, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Ronald Gavidia-RomeroUniversity of Michigan Medical School, Department of Neurology, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Erica JansenUniversity of Michigan Medical School, Department of Neurology, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Dayna A JohnsonEmory University, Rollins School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Alexa KelmanUniversity of Michigan Medical School, Department of Neurology, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Kristen KnutsonNorthwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Funding

Research Design, Data, and Analytics CoreP30DK092949 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI MILDA Renne SAUNDERS · 2011 to 2026
$10.0M
NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK092949
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sleep deserts are a major cause of health inequity. They occur primarily in disadvantaged neighborhoods because of structural racism, social and environmental factors, and dearth of medical services. We describe several strategies that can serve as a feasible action plan to target structural racism, environmental pollution, and impact of climate change. We also suggest ways healthcare providers in these underserved areas can incorporate sleep medicine into their practice. Lastly, we highlight strategies to increase community awareness of sleep health in a culturally sensitive manner. There are several ways, from a policy level to healthcare that we can begin to eliminate sleep deserts, which is urgently needed.

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Health InequitiesRacismSleepHumansClimate changeCultural sensitivityHealth equityPollutionSleep desertsStructural racism

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PMID37926658
PMCPMC11181961

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