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

Autor:	Barber C; Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Women's & Children's Health, University of Otago, Dunedin., Hetrick S; Associate Professor in Youth Mental Health, Department of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Waipapa Taumata Rau, Auckland, and A Better Start E Tipu E Rea National Science Challenge., Edmonds L; Clinical Senior Lecturer, Department of Women's & Children's Health and Kōhatu (Centre for Hauora Māori), University of Otago, Dunedin., Taylor R; Research Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin., Alansari M; Senior Researcher, New Zealand Council for Educational Research, Wellington., Oldehaver J; Lecturer and Co-Associate Dean Pacific, School of Curriculum and Pedagogy, Faculty of Education and Social Work, Waipapa Taumata Rau, Auckland., Signal L; Professor of Fatigue Management and Sleep Health, Sleep/Wake Research Centre, School of Health Sciences, College of Health, Massey University, Wellington., Haszard J; Senior Research Fellow, Biostatistics Centre, University of Otago, Dunedin., Galland B; Research Professor, Department of Women's & Children's Health, University of Otago, Dunedin.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	The New Zealand medical journal [N Z Med J] 2022 Jan 20; Vol. 136 (1568), pp. 98-104. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jan 20.
DOI:	10.26635/6965.6019
Abstrakt:	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. In this viewpoint we argue that a later school start time (no earlier than 9:45 am) every day for senior secondary school students is an attractive, non-stigmatising approach to address adolescent sleep. Increased sleep also has the potential to favourably impact multiple areas of adolescents' health and wellbeing, as well as school success. In fact, we argue that later school start times are a public health imperative to address the sleep and mental health issues faced by youth in Aotearoa today. Competing Interests: Nil (© PMA.)
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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