Sleep Health Equity: The NSF believes that everyone should have the same opportunity to get the sleep they need to thrive. Understanding the sources of racial/ethnic sleep health disparities and promoting actionable solutions to eliminate them and achieve sleep health equity is critical to the NSF’s mission.

Read the Position Statement: Sleep Health Equity

 

Drowsy Driving: Drowsy driving is impaired driving. It accounts for an estimated 1 in 5 fatal motor vehicle crashes on US roads, which demands everyone take responsibility to help prevent it as a form of impaired driving. To address known causes and risk factors for drowsy driving and improve road safety, the National Sleep Foundation calls for targeted actions from a broad range of stakeholders.

Read the Drowsy Driving position statement

 

School Start Times: Many adolescents today are sleep deprived. As part of NSF’s Bright Schools® campaign, NSF has a long history of championing awareness and education on the importance of sleep health and supports the legislature’s ongoing efforts to make adolescent sleep health a priority.

Read the Position Statement: School Start Times

 

Permanent Standard Time: NSF advocates for the adoption of permanent Standard Time. Evidence supports permanent Standard Time because of its alignment with our circadian biology and relevance to sleep health and safety.

Read the Position Statement: Permanent Standard Time

 

Military and Veterans: NSF advocates to improve sleep health among military personnel and veterans. Sleep disturbances are often a clear warning sign of  many physiological ailments associated with military members and veterans, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety and suicidality.

RAND Report: Sleep in the Military

 

Workplace: Sleepy employees are 70% more likely to be involved in a workplace accident than well- rested counterparts. Poor sleep leads to slowed reaction times, lapses of attention, errors of omission and compromised problem-solving ability.

 

Older Populations & Long-term Care: Nighttime sleep disruption is a common characteristic of long-term care residents. Additional work is needed to understand the administrative and policy factors that might lead to systemic changes in how sleep is addressed in long-term care settings.

Read the Position Statement: Promoting Healthy Sleep for Older Adults

Read the Report: National Sleep Foundation’s Sleep Health and Aging Conference