Tailored Approach to Sleep Health Education: A Community Engaged Approach

Tailored Approach to Sleep Health Education: A Community Engaged Approach

This study aims to develop educational tools and platforms to promote the transfer of sleep health information to blacks to foster adoption of healthful sleep practices.

Inclusion Criteria:

• self-reported race/ethnicity as African American, African, Caribbean American or black men and women; ages ≥18 years;
• accessible by telephone; no plans to move away from the region within the year following enrollment;
• consent to participate, which includes permission to release medical record information;
• documented OSA risk based on scores received from the Apnea Risk Evaluation System questionnaire

Exclusion Criteria:

• progressive medical illness in which disability or death is expected within one year;
• impaired cognitive or functional ability which would preclude meaningful participation in the study;
• sleep apnea diagnosis;
• stated intention to move within the same year of enrollment.