A co-designed program for better sleep in Australian First Nations adolescents: Protocol for the Let's Yarn About Sleep adolescent sleep health program

Fatima Yaqoot; Roslyn Von Senden; Romola S Bucks; Caitlin Ashby; Daniel Sullivan; S S Smith; Sarah Blunden; S Yiallourou; P R Eastwood; M M Mamun; L McDaid; J Walsh; M Kinghorn; A H Potia; Sara Varela; S King; S Solomon; Markesh Fanti

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A co-designed program for better sleep in Australian First Nations adolescents: Protocol for the Let's Yarn About Sleep adolescent sleep health program

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A co-designed program for better sleep in Australian First Nations adolescents: Protocol for the Let's Yarn About Sleep adolescent sleep health program

Fatima Yaqoot, Roslyn Von Senden, Romola S Bucks, Caitlin Ashby, Daniel Sullivan, S S Smith, Sarah Blunden, S Yiallourou, P R Eastwood, M M Mamun, …

Sleep Advances, Vol.6(2), pp.1-9

2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/sleepadvances/zpaf012

PMCID: PMC11983278

PMID: 40225036

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Abstract

sleep health

First Nations

adolescents

social-emotional wellbeing

UniSC Diversity Area - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Engagement

Thompson Institute Special Collection

Sleep

UniSC Diversity Area - Life Stages

The first-ever comprehensive report on the sleep health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples (hereafter referred to as First Nations Australians) highlighted an 18% prevalence of poor sleep in First Nations youth. While sleep health is important across the lifespan, adolescence is a critical life stage with increased vulnerability to poor sleep. In adolescents, pubertal changes, social and academic commitments, and peer pressure significantly increase the risk of poor sleep, which often results in social and emotional well-being (SEWB) issues. In First Nations adolescents, high rates of SEWB issues demand effective prevention and management strategies. Evidence from non-First Nations adolescents suggests that timely prevention, identification, diagnosis, and management of poor sleep help reduce the risk and severity of SEWB issues in First Nations adolescents.

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Title: A co-designed program for better sleep in Australian First Nations adolescents: Protocol for the Let's Yarn About Sleep adolescent sleep health program
Authors: Fatima Yaqoot (Corresponding Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Thompson Institute
Roslyn Von Senden (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Thompson Institute
Romola S Bucks - The University of Western Australia
Caitlin Ashby (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Thompson Institute
Daniel Sullivan (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Thompson Institute
S S Smith - The University of Queensland
Sarah Blunden - Central Queensland University
S Yiallourou - Monash University
P R Eastwood - Murdoch University
M M Mamun
L McDaid - The University of Queensland
J Walsh - The University of Western Australia
M Kinghorn
A H Potia - The University of Queensland
Sara Varela - James Cook University
S King - James Cook University
S Solomon - James Cook University
Markesh Fanti (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Thompson Institute
Publication details: Sleep Advances, Vol.6(2), pp.1-9
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date published: 2025
DOI: 10.1093/sleepadvances/zpaf012
ISSN: 2632-5012
PMID: 40225036; PMC11983278
Copyright note: © The Author(s) 2025. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Sleep Research Society. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Organisation Unit: Thompson Institute
Language: English
Record Identifier: 991105646102621
Output Type: Journal article

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