Sleep health and its implications in First Nation Australians: A systematic review

Blunden, Sarah; Yiallourou, Stephanie; Fatima, Yaqoot

doi:10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100386

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“…These factors have been recognized in the literature on restless sleep, but the vast majority of the analyses have dealt either with individual health components 24–26 or, as in the case of the Arber et al study, 16 a single country. 27–29 …”

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Gender and socioeconomic patterning of self-reported sleep problems across European countries

Baranowski

Jabkowski

2023

European Journal of Public Health

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Background Sleep problems mark an important part of the research into the physical health and mental well-being of modern societies. Although there are many studies on restless sleep, they are dominated by approaches that either focus on health-related issues or social factors (such as socioeconomic status). In this report, we address both types of determinants. This study replicates the analysis for the UK that was carried out by Arber et al. (Gender and socio-economic patterning of self-reported sleep problems in Britain. Soc Sci Med 2009;68:281–9). However, this replication, based on European Social Survey data, covers 20 European countries. Methods Data are taken from the European Social Survey Round 7 from 2014 (N = 32 704). A multilevel logistic regression was used to assess the impact of sociodemographic, socioeconomic and health-related issues on reported restless sleeping. Results The results show that the influence of socioeconomic status has a secondary effect on sleep problems, health-related problems and depression. In addition, the study shows that individual-level, rather than country-level, factors have a major impact on restless sleep. Conclusions We have replicated all the findings of Arber et al. (Gender and socio-economic patterning of self-reported sleep problems in Britain. Soc Sci Med 2009;68:281–9) and confirmed the secondary nature of socioeconomic status factors to health and depression based on 20 European countries.

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Gender and socioeconomic patterning of self-reported sleep problems across European countries

Baranowski

Jabkowski

2023

European Journal of Public Health

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“…However, social ecological concepts and transdisciplinary health do not only support indebtedness and considerations based on political correctness, but also highlights the need for the necessary change and expansion of subspecialized urban Western medical models, as it offers a personalized but neutral and comprehensive discourse on individual goals and outcome measures. For ease of expression, we will refer to Canada’s Indigenous peoples (First Nations, Inuit, and Metis) and Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations as “ Indigenous Peoples .” Studies in countries with a shared history of European colonization and disconnection from culture and country, (such as the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand), indicate an increased risk of poor overall health and poor sleep health specifically, for Indigenous peoples compared to their non-Indigenous peers ( 62 ). Dispossession from their land, sea, country, historical colonization and interruption of culture, all of which contribute to intergenerational trauma coupled with racism and systemic inequalities have significantly impacted and disrupted Indigenous peoples’ capacity to maintain their health ( 63 ).…”

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Social-ecological considerations informing a universal screening strategy for sleep health in the community

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“Poor sleep health” (PSH), defined as reduced amount of sleep and non-restorative sleep, affects cognitive, social and emotional development. Evidence suggests an association of sleep deprivation and mental health problems; however, there are no universal concepts allowing a first-tier screening of PSH at a community level. The focus of this narrative review is to highlight the cultural context of the current medicalized approach to PSH and to suggest social ecological strategies informing new and holistic community-based screening concepts. We present two conceptual screening frameworks; a “medical” and a merged “social emotional wellbeing framework” and combine them utilizing the concept of “ecologies.” The first framework proposes the incorporation of “sleep” in the interpretation of “vigilance” and “inappropriate” labeled behaviors. In the first framework, we provide a logic model for screening the myriad of presentations and possible root causes of sleep disturbances as a tool to assess daytime behaviors in context with PSH. In the second framework, we provide evidence that informs screening for “social emotional wellbeing” in the context of predictive factors, perpetuating factors and predispositions through different cultural perspectives. The distinct goals of both frameworks are to overcome training-biased unidirectional thinking and a priori medicalization of challenging, disruptive and/or disobedient behaviors. The latter has been explicitly informed by the critical discourse on colonization and its consequences, spearheaded by First Nations. Our “transcultural, transdisciplinary and transdiagnostic screening framework” may serve as a starting point from which adaptations of medical models could be developed to suit the purposes of holistic screening, diagnosis, and treatment of complex childhood presentations in different cultural contexts.

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“…The first peoples of Australia, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders (hereafter respectfully termed 'Indigenous'), comprise 3.2% of the total Australian population [9]. Previous studies have shown that Indigenous Australians score worse not only on general health [10] but also on oral health and sleep health [11,12] than their non-Indigenous counterparts.…”

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Poor Self-Rated Sleep Quality and Quantity Associated with Poor Oral Health-Related Quality of Life among Indigenous Australian Adults

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Hedges,

Sethi

et al. 2024

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Background: Indigenous Australians score worse on both sleep and oral health. This study aimed to evaluate sleep quality and quantity associated with oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) among Indigenous Australian adults. Methods: A cross-sectional study involving 728 Indigenous Australian adults aged 18+ years was conducted. Exposure variables were sleep quality and quantity. The primary outcome variable was Oral Health Impact Profile-14 (OHIP14), which has been used to assess OHRQoL. Multivariable log–Poisson regression models were applied to estimate the mean ratios (MRs) for mean OHIP14 scores. Results: The average OHIP14 score was 14.9, and the average amount of sleep was 6.8 h/night. After adjusting for all covariates, self-rated very bad sleep quality was associated with 2.2 times (MR = 2.17, 95% CI: 1.97–2.37) higher OHIP14 scores than those who rated their sleep quality as very good. Participants who self-reported sleeping 7–8 h/night had 0.9 times (MR = 0.89, 95%CI: 0.83–0.95) lower OHIP14 scores than those sleeping more than 8 h. Conclusions: The average number of sleep hours for Indigenous participants were lower than recommended (7–8 h/night). Our findings indicate that poor sleep quality and quantity, and oral health-related behaviours associated with sleep deprivation were positively associated with poor oral health related quality of life among Indigenous Australian adults.

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Sleep health and its implications in First Nation Australians: A systematic review

Cited by 8 publications

References 32 publications

Gender and socioeconomic patterning of self-reported sleep problems across European countries

Gender and socioeconomic patterning of self-reported sleep problems across European countries

Social-ecological considerations informing a universal screening strategy for sleep health in the community

Poor Self-Rated Sleep Quality and Quantity Associated with Poor Oral Health-Related Quality of Life among Indigenous Australian Adults

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