Rural Behavioral Health Services

Social-ecological considerations for the sleep health of rural mothers

“…This is particularly concerning for the sleep health of rural mothers because family practitioners may have fewer resources (e.g., training, staff) to coordinate behavioral sleep health services for postpartum women (Henning- . Furthermore, women in rural areas report fewer regular sources of specialized women's healthcare (DiPietro Mager et al 2020) and only 25% of rural family clinics are geographically co-located with behavioral health services, as compared to urban areas in which 40% of services are co-located (Levin and Hanson 2020).…”

“…Future sleep health programs would benefit from using existing social support networks to disseminate sleep health information, integrating behavioral health services into clinical care frameworks, and tailoring culturally-appropriate Telehealth/mHealth programs to enhance the sleep health of rural mothers. Kozhimannil et al 2017;Levin and Hanson 2020;Mollard et al 2016;Nidey et al 2020). Moreover, within rural populations, socio-demographic differences and disparities contribute to elevated risk for poor sleep health and other related health outcomes (Doering et al 2017;Mersky et al, 2020).…”