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Socioecological approach to school start times and sleep health disparities in underrepresented youth

Award Number: R15HD105153
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/08/2021
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 06/30/2025

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Socioecological approach to school start times and sleep health disparities in underrepresented youth - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Early school start times contribute to the prevalence of youth insufficient sleep and irregular sleep timing (i.e., poor sleep health). Poor sleep health, in turn, contributes to poor health, low academic performance, and depressed mood. Delayed start times are one way to improve sleep health in adolescents; however, minority youth are more likely than white youth to have suboptimal sleep health and they are generally underrepresented in reports of delayed start times. Moreover, insufficient sleep is still observed among high schoolers with later school start times. Thus, we also need to identify other social factors that encourage good sleep health in the context of early and late start times. The current study will examine how multiple processes converge on an adolescent's sleep health. In particular, we will examine macro (community/policy) and micro (family/individual) level effects of start times in disadvantaged adolescents and their families. The goals of this project are to (1) determine whether and how later school start times contribute to disparities in adolescent sleep health and to achievement gaps; (2) examine the degree of reciprocity of sleep health and family functioning between adolescents and their families; and (3) determine the moderating effects of school start times on the association between family functioning and adolescent sleep health. To meet these objectives, the current study will survey 400 adolescent youth from high schools that are comparable in SES, race, and ethnicity but vary on start times. A subset of these (100 parent-adolescent dyads) will be included in a 14-day study targeting sleep health (actigraphy, diaries) and daily functioning. Our approach will contribute to the small literature on school start times and achievement gaps and will clarify associations between multiple systems (school policy, family, and individual) in youth who are vulnerable to poor sleep health. Moreover, we will include multiple assessments of SES to better clarify associations between and among race, SES, and sleep in the context of school start times. These contributions will provide multi- level targets for decreasing racial and economic sleep health disparities—a critical objective as sleep health inequity increases in adolescent youth.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2026 ( Subtotal = -$51,306 )
2026	2021	UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA	801 UNIVERSITY BLVD	TUSCALOOSA	AL	35401	TUSCALOOSA	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	000	1	12/16/2025	NEW	-$51,306
														Subtotal = -$51,306

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2024	2021	UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA	801 UNIVERSITY BLVD	TUSCALOOSA	AL	35401	TUSCALOOSA	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	000	1	9/12/2024	NEW	$0
2024	2021	UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA	801 UNIVERSITY BLVD	TUSCALOOSA	AL	35401	TUSCALOOSA	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	001	1	9/13/2024	NEW	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $430,184 )
2021	2021	UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA	301 ROSE ADMIN BLDG	TUSCALOOSA	AL	35487	TUSCALOOSA	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	000	1	9/8/2021	NEW	$430,184
														Subtotal = $430,184

Grand Total All Awards = $378,878

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Socioecological approach to school start times and sleep health disparities in underrepresented youth

Award Number: R15HD105153

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/08/2021

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 06/30/2025

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