The majority of American adolescents experience insufficient quality and quantity of sleep due to various biological and sociocultural factors, including very early high school start times. Additionally, many high schools begin their school day before the recommended 8:30 am, making it difficult to compensate for changing adolescent sleep needs. Adolescents who do not obtain enough quality sleep are at risk for physical and mental health concerns, such as daytime sleepiness and impaired ability to handle stress, as well as impaired occupational participation in roles such as being a student, an athlete, and a worker. This program contains a presentation to educate school district administrators on adolescent sleep factors and needs. The presentation additionally educates administrators about strategies for delaying high school start times to better support adolescent sleep. The program also gives an optional framework for school districts to trial modestly delayed start times for one school quarter as a way of gauging long-term feasibility of permanently adopting healthier secondary school start times.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bu.edu/oai:open.bu.edu:2144/41425 |
| Date | 26 September 2020 |
| Creators | Mannion, Erin |
| Contributors | Jacobs, Karen |
| Source Sets | Boston University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
| Rights | Attribution 4.0 International, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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