Characterizing the sleep location, patterns, and maternally perceived sleep problems of the infants of Māori and non-Māori mothers in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Objectives: To investigate potential sleep inequities between the infants of Māori and non-Māori mothers in Aotearoa New Zealand, identify socio-ecological factors associated with infant sleep, and determine features of infant sleep that contribute to a mother-perceived infant sleep problem.

Design: Secondary analysis of longitudinal data from the Moe Kura: Mother and Child, Sleep and Well-being in Aotearoa New Zealand study when infants were approximately 12 weeks old.

Participants: 383 Māori and 702 non-Māori mother-infant dyads.

Maternal depressive symptoms in and beyond the perinatal period: Associations with infant and preschooler sleep.

Study Objectives: (1) To describe sleep in infancy and early childhood among children born to mothers with and without clinically significant depressive symptoms, and (2) to explore the relationships between maternal depressive symptoms and sleep patterns and problems during infancy and early childhood.

Methods: Secondary analysis of longitudinal data from the Moe Kura: Mother and Child, Sleep and Wellbeing in Aotearoa/New Zealand study. Data was collected in pregnancy (T1), 12 weeks postpartum (T2), and 3 years post-birth (T3).

Inequities in adolescent sleep health in Aotearoa New Zealand: Cross-sectional survey findings.

Objectives: To investigate ethnic inequities in, and social determinants of, adolescent sleep health in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Methods: Analysis of self-report data from a cross-sectional survey of secondary school students (12- to 18-year-olds). Analyses included weighted prevalence estimates of good and poor sleep health stratified by ethnicity, and multivariable logistic regression models concurrently adjusted for ethnicity, school year, gender, rurality, neighborhood deprivation, school decile, housing deprivation, sleeping elsewhere due to lack of adequate housing, unsafe environment, and racism.

Sleep inequities and associations between poor sleep and mental health for school-aged children: findings from the New Zealand Health Survey.

In Aotearoa/New Zealand, ethnic inequities in sleep health exist for young children and adults and are largely explained by inequities in socioeconomic deprivation. Poor sleep is related to poor mental health for these age groups but whether sleep inequities and associations with mental health exist for school-aged children is unclear. We aimed to (1) determine the prevalence of poor sleep health including sleep problems by ethnicity, (2) examine social determinants of health associated with poor sleep, and (3) investigate relationships between poor sleep and mental health for 5-14-year-olds using cross-sectional New Zealand Health Survey data ( = 8895).

"It's Just [Complicated] Sleep": Discourses of Sleep and Aging in the Media.

The media are influential in shaping beliefs and attitudes on aging and health-related behaviors. Sleep is increasingly recognized as a key pillar for healthy aging. However, the role of media representations of sleep is yet to be assessed with regard to discourses of aging.

A Cross-Sectional Investigation of Preadolescent Cardiometabolic Health: Associations with Fitness, Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, Nutrition, and Sleep.

Background: Cardiometabolic disease (CMD) risk often begins early in life. Healthy lifestyle behaviors can mitigate risk, but the optimal combination of behaviors has not been determined. This cross-sectional study simultaneously examined the associations between lifestyle factors (fitness, activity behaviors, and dietary patterns) and CMD risk in preadolescent children.

Sleep-in to stay well: addressing school start times for the health and wellbeing of teens in Aotearoa.

The under-acknowledged malleability of secondary school start times may be a lever towards addressing poor sleep, particularly the sleep deprivation that many adolescents living in Aotearoa New Zealand experience on a daily basis. Scrutinising morning school start times has not been prioritised in terms of a logical, modifiable way to counteract sleep deprivation in adolescents in Aotearoa. Importantly, later start times align with adolescents' natural sleep-wake biology that shifts at puberty to favour later bedtimes, meaning they naturally need to wake later in the morning.

Adiposity in preadolescent children: Associations with cardiorespiratory fitness.

Lifestyle factors contribute to childhood obesity risk, however it is unclear which lifestyle factors are most strongly associated with childhood obesity. The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to simultaneously investigate the associations among dietary patterns, activity behaviors, and physical fitness with adiposity (body fat %, fat mass, body mass index [BMI], and waist to hip ratio) in preadolescent children. Preadolescent children (N = 392, 50% female, age: 9.

A scoping review of non-pharmacological perinatal interventions impacting maternal sleep and maternal mental health.

Background: A woman's vulnerability to sleep disruption and mood disturbance is heightened during the perinatal period and there is a strong bidirectional relationship between them. Both sleep disruption and mood disturbance can result in significant adverse outcomes for women and their infant. Thus, supporting and improving sleep in the perinatal period is not only an important outcome in and of itself, but also a pathway through which future mental health outcomes may be altered.

Social Jetlag and Cardiometabolic Risk in Preadolescent Children.

Childhood cardiometabolic disease risk (CMD) has been associated with short sleep duration. Its relationship with other aspects of sleep should also be considered, including social jetlag (SJL) which represents the difference between a person's social rhythms and circadian clock. This study investigated whether childhood CMD risk is associated with sleep duration, sleep disturbances, and SJL.

Sleep/wake behaviour of competitive adolescent athletes in New Zealand: insight into the impact of early morning training.

Objective: Sleep plays a crucial role in the health, wellbeing, and development of adolescent athletes' sporting and academic lives. This study aimed to monitor the sleep/wake behaviour of adolescent athletes who have frequent early morning training sessions.

Methods: 13 swimmers (mean age 14.

Multiple dimensions of sleep are consistently associated with chronically elevated depressive symptoms from late pregnancy to 3 years postnatal in Indigenous and non-Indigenous New Zealand women.

Introduction: Poor sleep and depressive symptoms are common throughout the perinatal period, but little is known about the extended time course of depression and the sleep dimensions associated with these trajectories.

Objective: This study investigated different depression trajectories in New Zealand Māori and non-Māori women from late pregnancy to 3 years postnatal. Relationships between multiple dimensions of sleep and these depression trajectories were also investigated.

Sleep timing and sleep problems of preschoolers in Aotearoa/New Zealand: relationships with ethnicity and socioeconomic position.

Objectives: To provide descriptive sleep data and explore sleep inequities, we investigated maternal reports of when and how well Māori (Indigenous) and non-Māori preschoolers sleep, and examined relationships between ethnicity (child and maternal), socioeconomic position (SEP) and sleep timing and problems of 3-4 year old children in Aotearoa/New Zealand (NZ).

Methods: This study involved cross-sectional analysis of data from the Moe Kura: Mother and Child, Sleep and Wellbeing in Aotearoa/New Zealand longitudinal study. Log-binomial regression models were used to investigate associations between child and maternal demographic variables and preschooler bedtimes, social jetlag and maternally-reported sleep problems.

Effect of a behavioral-educational sleep intervention for first-time mothers and their infants: pilot of a controlled trial.

Study Objectives: This study tested the acceptability and efficacy of a perinatally delivered behavioral-educational sleep intervention.

Methods: Participants were 40 primiparous women assigned in late pregnancy to either an intervention (n = 20) or control (n = 20) group. The sleep intervention group (SIG) received prenatal anticipatory education and guidance regarding their own and their infant's sleep during the first 3 months postpartum.

A pilot longitudinal sleep education intervention from early pregnancy and its effect on optimizing sleep and minimizing depressive symptoms.

Objectives: Investigate the efficacy of a pilot longitudinal sleep education program for optimizing sleep and minimizing depressive symptoms in nulliparous pregnant women.

Design: Early and longitudinal sleep education intervention pilot study.

Setting: Community-based convenience sample of New Zealand women.

Sleep HAPi: A Feasibility and Descriptive Analysis of an Early and Longitudinal Sleep Education Intervention for Pregnant Women.

: Poor sleep and prior depression are key predictors of perinatal depression, with research suggesting depressive symptoms may emerge in early pregnancy. Sleep is a potentially modifiable risk factor for depression. This pilot study examined the feasibility and acceptability of a six-month sleep education intervention designed to optimize sleep and minimize depressive symptoms throughout pregnancy.

What Factors Influence the Sleep of On-call Workers?

: On-call work is becoming increasingly common in response to service demands. This study had two aims; 1) describe the demographic profile of on-call workers in Australia, and 2) establish the impacts of on-call work on workers' sleep. : A cross-sectional study was conducted using an online questionnaire completed by Australian on-call workers (n = 228) from various professions.

Maternal sleep disturbances in late pregnancy and the association with emergency caesarean section: A prospective cohort study.

Objectives: To investigate the association between measures of sleep quality, sleep duration and sleep disorder symptoms in late pregnancy and likelihood of emergency caesarean section.

Design: Population-based prospective cohort study SETTING: New Zealand PARTICIPANTS: 310 Māori (Indigenous New Zealanders) and 629 non-Māori women MEASUREMENTS: Multivariable logistic regression models were used to investigate the association between type of delivery (emergency caesarean section vs. spontaneous vaginal delivery) and self-reported sleep duration, sleep quality and sleep-related symptoms, (e.

Personal and Work Factors That Predict Fatigue-Related Errors in Aircraft Maintenance Engineering.

The study aimed to identify factors associated with an increased likelihood of aircraft maintenance personnel reporting a fatigue-related error. There were 966 maintenance engineering personnel (mean age = 42 yr, 98% male) who completed a survey with items on personal factors, work factors and a question asking whether during the last month they had made an error in their work due to tiredness. Logistic regression analyses were used to determine factors independently associated with making an error at work due to tiredness.

Predictors Linking Obesity and the Gut Microbiome (the PROMISE Study): Protocol and Recruitment Strategy for a Cross-Sectional Study on Pathways That Affect the Gut Microbiome and Its Impact on Obesity.

Background: The prevalence of obesity has increased substantially over recent decades and is associated with considerable health inequalities. Although the causes of obesity are complex, key drivers include overconsumption of highly palatable, energy-dense, and nutrient-poor foods, which have a profound impact on the composition and function of the gut microbiome. Alterations to the microbiome may play a critical role in obesity by affecting energy extraction from food and subsequent energy metabolism and fat storage.

How long do preschoolers in Aotearoa/New Zealand sleep? Associations with ethnicity and socioeconomic position.

Objectives: To investigate potential sleep inequities in preschoolers in Aotearoa/New Zealand, by examining sleep durations and week/weekend sleep duration differences of Māori (indigenous) and non-Māori preschoolers; and independent associations between ethnicity (child and maternal), socioeconomic position (SEP) and preschoolers' sub-optimal and inconsistent week/weekend sleep durations.

Design: Cross-sectional analysis of questionnaire data from the Moe Kura: Mother and Child, Sleep and Wellbeing in Aotearoa/New Zealand longitudinal study when children were 3 to 4 years old.

Participants: 340 Māori and 570 non-Māori preschoolers and their mothers.

"We're doing the best job we can": maternal experiences of facilitators and barriers to preschoolers sleeping well in Aotearoa/New Zealand.

Objectives: This study considered sleep from a social determinants of health and socioecological perspective. It aimed to explore facilitators and barriers to 4-year-old children sleeping well, as experienced by Māori and non-Māori mothers, with low and high socioeconomic position (SEP), in Aotearoa/New Zealand.

Design: Experiential qualitative research involving face-to-face, semistructured individual interviews.

Fatigue risk management for cabin crew: the importance of company support and sufficient rest for work-life balance-a qualitative study.

Knowledge about cabin crew fatigue associated with ultra-long range (ULR) flights is still limited. Current ULR scheduling for cabin crew is therefore predominantly based on flight crew data. Cabin crews' views on fatigue, and their strategies for mitigating it, have seldom been sought.

"Their Sleep Means More Harmony": Maternal Perspectives and Experiences of Preschoolers' Sleep in Ethnically and Socioeconomically Diverse Families in Aotearoa/New Zealand.

Viewing sleep through a socioecological lens, maternal perceptions, and experiences of preschoolers' sleep were explored using semistructured interviews with 15 Māori (indigenous) and 16 non-Māori mothers, with low- and high socioeconomic position. Thematic analysis identified four themes: child happiness and health, maternal well-being, comfort and connection, and family functioning and harmony. Mothers perceived healthy preschooler sleep as supporting children's mental and physical health, parents' sleep/wake functioning, family social cohesion and emotional connectedness, and poor preschooler sleep as negatively influencing child, maternal and family well-being.

Sleep Health in Pregnancy: A Scoping Review.

Using scoping review methodology, this article investigates the literature on sleep duration, continuity/efficiency, timing, daytime sleepiness/alertness, and perceived sleep quality in each trimester of a healthy pregnancy. Data suggest significant variability in sleep between women, with less evidence to support major changes in sleep health across trimesters. There is a need for further research on this topic to better inform women and their health providers.