Obstructive sleep apnea diagnosis and management in First Nations communities: Protocol for the Let’s Yarn About Sleep-Obstructive Sleep Apnea Program

Yaqoot Fatima; Shannon L Edmed; Roslyn Von Senden; Romola S Bucks; Bushra Nasir; Daniel P Sullivan; Azhar Hussain Potia; Kathleen Maddison; Wayne Williams; Tracy Woodroffe; Simon Joosten; Michelle Olaithe; Mark Robinson; Lauren P Lawson; Scott Coussens; Ruth Wallace; Shaun Solomon; Ching Li Chai-Coetzer; Danny Eckert; Elizabeth A Machan; Neil Dunne; Stephanie King; Charmaine Nicholls; Dwayne Mann; Philip Terrill; Markesh Fanti; Caitie Ashby; Alvin Hava; Timothy Skinner

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Obstructive sleep apnea diagnosis and management in First Nations communities: Protocol for the Let’s Yarn About Sleep-Obstructive Sleep Apnea Program

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Obstructive sleep apnea diagnosis and management in First Nations communities: Protocol for the Let’s Yarn About Sleep-Obstructive Sleep Apnea Program

Yaqoot Fatima, Shannon L Edmed, Roslyn Von Senden, Romola S Bucks, Bushra Nasir, Daniel P Sullivan, Azhar Hussain Potia, Kathleen Maddison, Wayne Williams, Tracy Woodroffe, …

Sleep Advances, Vol.6(4), pp.1-10

2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/sleepadvances/zpaf061

PMCID: PMC12510461

PMID: 41080915

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first nations

indigenous

sleep

obstructive sleep apnea

co-design

culturally responsive healthcare

Thompson Institute Special Collection

UniSC Diversity Area - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Engagement

Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is a highly prevalent, yet significantly under-recognized disorder in First Nations Australians. Responding to strong community demand for local capacity building for sleep health equity, this paper outlines the Let’s Yarn About Sleep – OSA (LYAS-OSA) program protocol. The LYAS-OSA program will involve the co-design, implementation, and evaluation of a place-based, culturally responsive, nurse-led, and Aboriginal Health Worker-supported model for OSA diagnosis and management for First Nations peoples. This program will partner with health services and organizations across 12 communities in Queensland, Australia. The program will be conducted from 2023-2027. During the setup and development stage, an advanced data analytics study of secondary data will examine OSA phenotypes and symptomatology in First Nations Queensland communities. In addition, consumers and healthcare professionals will be engaged in co-design workshops to inform the development of a service-delivery model framework. In stage two, local capacity-building activities for Aboriginal Health Workers and nurses will be undertaken, with training on OSA diagnosis and management. This work will culminate in delivering and evaluating the co-designed service model. This community-led approach to co-designing, implementing, and evaluating the LYAS-OSA service delivery model will advance knowledge to deliver culturally responsive, context-responsive, OSA diagnosis and management care for First Nations communities. The LYAS-OSA program outputs will significantly contribute to the evidence base and service delivery provision for OSA care, thereby improving sleep health equity for First Nations Australians.

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Title: Obstructive sleep apnea diagnosis and management in First Nations communities: Protocol for the Let’s Yarn About Sleep-Obstructive Sleep Apnea Program
Authors: Yaqoot Fatima (Corresponding Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Thompson Institute
Shannon L Edmed - The University of Queensland
Roslyn Von Senden - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Thompson Institute
Romola S Bucks - The University of Western Australia
Bushra Nasir - The University of Queensland
Daniel P Sullivan - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Thompson Institute
Azhar Hussain Potia - ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course
Kathleen Maddison - The University of Western Australia
Wayne Williams - The University of Queensland
Tracy Woodroffe - Charles Darwin University
Simon Joosten - Monash University
Michelle Olaithe - The University of Western Australia
Mark Robinson - The University of Queensland
Lauren P Lawson - La Trobe University
Scott Coussens - Women's and Children's Hospital
Ruth Wallace - Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
Shaun Solomon - James Cook University
Ching Li Chai-Coetzer - Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health
Danny Eckert - Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health
Elizabeth A Machan - Woolcock Institute of Medical Research
Neil Dunne
Stephanie King - James Cook University
Charmaine Nicholls - Ngak Min Health (Australia)
Dwayne Mann - The University of Queensland
Philip Terrill - The University of Queensland
Markesh Fanti - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Thompson Institute
Caitie Ashby - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Thompson Institute
Alvin Hava - Young People Ahead (Australia)
Timothy Skinner - University of Copenhagen
Publication details: Sleep Advances, Vol.6(4), pp.1-10
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date published: 2025
DOI: 10.1093/sleepadvances/zpaf061
ISSN: 2632-5012
PMID: 41080915; PMC12510461
Copyright note: © The Author(s) 2025. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Sleep Research Society. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
Data Availability: There is no data associated with this protocol paper.
Grant note: This project is funded by a Medical Research Future Funds (MRFF)– 2021 Early to Mid-Career Researchers Grant (APP: 2022971)
Organisation Unit: Thompson Institute
Language: English
Record Identifier: 991163736302621
Output Type: Journal article

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