A multimethod evaluation of bed provision and sleep education for young children and their families living in poverty.

ABSTRACT:

Study objectives

We evaluated the impact of bed provision and sleep education through the Beds for Kids (BfK) program on early childhood sleep and behavior and maternal mood and sleep.

Methods

Twenty-seven mother-child dyads (child_age= 2-5 years, 85.2% Black) living in poverty and without an individual child bed were randomly assigned (multimethod randomized waitlist control trial design) to BfK intervention ∼1 week postbaseline (initial intervention) or ∼2 weeks postbaseline (waitlist control), with follow-up at 1 month. BfK intervention (home bed delivery and written sleep health education) was provided to all families. Children wore actigraphs and mothers completed daily diaries to assess child and maternal sleep, child behavior, and maternal mood for the initi

SUBMITTER: Williamson AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10476044 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature