Perspectives on Sleep from Multiethnic Community Parents, Pediatric Providers, and Childcare Providers.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the perceptions of (1) parents, childcare, and health care providers regarding sleep health among multiethnic infants and toddlers living with socioeconomic adversity, (2) factors that contribute to sleep health and its consequences, and (3) best ways to promote sleep health in these children.

Methods

Nested within a larger community-engaged mixed methods study, we used a descriptive qualitative design to describe the experience of multiethnic young parents who were raising 6- to 36-month-old children, pediatric health care providers, and childcare providers living and working in an urban under-resourced community. Semistructured interviews with 25 parents and 16 providers were conducted, transcribed, coded, and analyzed using thematic analysis by a 6-m

SUBMITTER: Sadler LS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7483133 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature