Sleep and Napping Patterns in 3-to-5-year old Children Attending Full-Day Childcare Centers

Ward, Teresa M.; Anders, Thomas F.; Alkon, Abbey; Lee, Kathryn A.

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“…Alternatively, children may unintentionally fall asleep in front of the television. Although children have a reduced need for naps as they mature, research has found that youngsters will fall asleep mid-day if placed in situations that are conducive to sleep (e.g., mandatory rest periods at daycare centers; Ward, Gay, Anders, Alkon, & Lee, 2007). The sedentary nature of television watching may therefore encourage napping even if it is not needed.…”

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Electronic Media Use and Sleep Among Preschoolers: Evidence for Time-Shifted and Less Consolidated Sleep

Beyens

Nathanson

2018

Health Communication

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This study examined the association between electronic media use and sleep among preschoolers, using a national sample of 402 mothers of 3-to 5-year-olds. Participants completed an online survey assessing preschoolers' electronic media use, bedtime and wake time, sleep time, napping behaviors, and sleep consolidation. Results showed that heavier television use and tablet use, both overall and in the evening, were associated with later bedtimes and later wake times, but not with fewer hours of sleep, providing evidence for a time-shifting process. In addition, heavier daily television use and evening smartphone use were associated with increased daytime napping. Moreover, heavier daily television use, daily and evening smartphone use, and evening tablet use were associated with poorer sleep consolidation, suggesting less mature sleep patterns. These findings indicate that media effects on the timing of sleep and the proportion of sleep that occurs at night are important to consider when assessing the health risks of electronic media on children.

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Electronic Media Use and Sleep Among Preschoolers: Evidence for Time-Shifted and Less Consolidated Sleep

Beyens

Nathanson

2018

Health Communication

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“…Both Ward et al [10] and Weissbluth [5] concluded that the majority of young children nap when given the opportunity: perhaps the availability or lack of opportunity to nap explains some of the variability in napping between children. Issues related to the provision of napping opportunities are the locations where naps take place, and the frequency of napping within children.…”

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“…Unlike nursery schools in countries such as the US [10] and Japan [11], most nursery schools in the UK do not provide children with the opportunity to nap. English children's opportunities to nap and napping patterns may therefore differ from those of children living elsewhere.…”

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Napping in English preschool children and the association with parents’ attitudes

Jones

Ball

2013

Sleep Medicine

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. (2013) 'Napping in English preschool children and the association with parents' attitudes.', Sleep medicine., 14 (4). pp. 352-358. Further information on publisher's website:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j. sleep.2012.12.010 Publisher's copyright statement: NOTICE: this is the author's version of a work that was accepted for publication in Sleep medicine. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A denitive version was subsequently published in Sleep medicine, 14, 4, 2013Sleep medicine, 14, 4, , 10.1016Sleep medicine, 14, 4, /j.sleep.2012 Additional information: Use policyThe full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that:• a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in DRO • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.Please consult the full DRO policy for further details.

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“…40 There is some evidence that daytime naps do not substitute for nighttime sleep in the prevention of obesity, 20 and that children who nap during child care may sleep fewer hours at night. 41 This may be especially important for parents whose children sleep for long durations during the day in child care. Future studies should explore the extent to which daytime naps contribute to the prevention of obesity when considering total daily sleep duration, as this information will have important implications for recommendations related to sleep in child care.…”

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“…Previous studies have found that child care attendance was associated with shorter nighttime sleep duration for infants, 24 and that daytime sleep in child care decreased nighttime sleep at home for preschoolers. 41 Future sleep recommendations targeting child care settings should consider the relationship between parents and providers, as well as the extent to which daytime naps affect nighttime sleep duration.…”

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Regulations to Promote Healthy Sleep Practices in Child Care

2014

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WHAT'S KNOWN ON THIS SUBJECT: Previous studies have examined state regulations for child care facilities and found substantial variation among states. None of these studies examined regulations related to healthy sleep practices, which is an important and often overlooked intervention target for obesity prevention. WHAT THIS STUDY ADDS:We reviewed state regulations related to healthy sleep in child care and compared them to recent national recommendations put forth by the Institute of Medicine. We found that many states lacked regulations, highlighting an important and timely opportunity for improvement.abstract OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to assess state licensing and administrative regulations promoting healthy sleep practices in child care and to compare these regulations to national recommendations. METHODS:We reviewed regulations related to healthy sleep practices for all states and territories for both child care centers (centers) and family child care homes (homes). We compared regulations with Institute of Medicine recommendations to promote sleep in child care, including (1) create environments that ensure restful sleep; (2) encourage sleeppromoting behaviors and practices; (3) encourage practices that promote child self-regulation of sleep; and (4) seek consultation yearly from a sleep expert. We used Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel trend tests to assess associations between geographic region and number of regulations consistent with the recommendations. RESULTS:The mean number of regulations for states was 0.9 for centers and 0.8 for homes out of a possible 4.0. For centers, no state had regulations for all 4 recommendations; 11 states had regulations for 2 of the 4 recommendations. For homes, 9 states had regulations for 2 of the recommendations. States in the Northeast had the greatest mean number of regulations for centers (1.2) and homes (1.1), and states in the South had the fewest (0.7 and 0.7, respectively); these geographic differences were significant for centers (P = .03) but not homes (P = .14).CONCLUSIONS: More states in the Northeast had regulations consistent with the Institute of Medicine sleep recommendations, but overall few states had regulations consistent with the recommendations.

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Sleep and Napping Patterns in 3-to-5-year old Children Attending Full-Day Childcare Centers

Abstract: Findings indicate that the majority of 3-to-5-year-old children nap when given an opportunity. Preschool children's sleep and napping patterns on weekends and in other types of childcare environments warrant further research to assess health effects and impact on growth and development.

Cited by 94 publications

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Electronic Media Use and Sleep Among Preschoolers: Evidence for Time-Shifted and Less Consolidated Sleep

Electronic Media Use and Sleep Among Preschoolers: Evidence for Time-Shifted and Less Consolidated Sleep

Napping in English preschool children and the association with parents’ attitudes

Regulations to Promote Healthy Sleep Practices in Child Care

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