TY - JOUR
T1 - Sleep disparity, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic position
AU - Grandner, Michael A.
AU - Williams, Natasha J.
AU - Knutson, Kristen L.
AU - Roberts, Dorothy
AU - Jean-Louis, Girardin
N1 - Funding Information:
Dr. Grandner is supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (K23HL110216) and the National Institute of Environmental Health Science (R21ES022931). He is also supported by the University of Pennsylvania Clinical and Translational Research Center (UL1RR024134). Dr. Knutson is supported by the National Institute for Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R01DK095207). Dr. Jean-Louis and Dr. Williams are supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R01HL095799) and the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities (R01MD004113).
Funding Information:
Dr. Grandner is supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute ( K23HL110216 ) and the National Institute of Environmental Health Science ( R21ES022931 ). He is also supported by the University of Pennsylvania Clinical and Translational Research Center ( UL1RR024134 ). Dr. Knutson is supported by the National Institute for Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases ( R01DK095207 ). Dr. Jean-Louis and Dr. Williams are supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute ( R01HL095799 ) and the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities ( R01MD004113 ).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2016/2/1
Y1 - 2016/2/1
N2 - Sleep represents a set of biological functions necessary for the maintenance of life. Performing these functions, though, requires that an individual engage in behaviors, which are affected by social and environmental factors. Race/ethnicity and socioeconomic position represent categories of factors that likely play a role in the experience of sleep in the community. Previous studies have suggested that racial/ethnic minorities and the socioeconomically disadvantaged may be more likely to experience sleep patterns that are associated with adverse health outcomes. It is possible that disparities in sleep represent a pathway by which larger disparities in health emerge. This review (1) contextualizes the concept of race/ethnicity in biomedical research, (2) summarizes previous studies that describe patterns of sleep attainment across race/ethnicity groups, (3) discusses several pathways by which race/ethnicity may be associated with sleep, (4) introduces the potential role of socioeconomic position in the patterning of sleep, and (5) proposes future research directions to address this issue.
AB - Sleep represents a set of biological functions necessary for the maintenance of life. Performing these functions, though, requires that an individual engage in behaviors, which are affected by social and environmental factors. Race/ethnicity and socioeconomic position represent categories of factors that likely play a role in the experience of sleep in the community. Previous studies have suggested that racial/ethnic minorities and the socioeconomically disadvantaged may be more likely to experience sleep patterns that are associated with adverse health outcomes. It is possible that disparities in sleep represent a pathway by which larger disparities in health emerge. This review (1) contextualizes the concept of race/ethnicity in biomedical research, (2) summarizes previous studies that describe patterns of sleep attainment across race/ethnicity groups, (3) discusses several pathways by which race/ethnicity may be associated with sleep, (4) introduces the potential role of socioeconomic position in the patterning of sleep, and (5) proposes future research directions to address this issue.
KW - Epidemiology
KW - Health disparities
KW - Race/ethnicity
KW - Sleep
KW - Sleep duration
KW - Socioeconomic status
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U2 - 10.1016/j.sleep.2015.01.020
DO - 10.1016/j.sleep.2015.01.020
M3 - Review article
C2 - 26431755
AN - SCOPUS:84958112325
SN - 1389-9457
VL - 18
SP - 7
EP - 18
JO - Sleep Medicine
JF - Sleep Medicine
ER -