I sleep, because we sleep: a synthesis on the role of culture in sleep behavior research

Airhihenbuwa, Collins O.; Iwelunmor, Juliet; Ezepue, Chizoba; Williams, Natasha; Jean-Louis, Girardin

doi:10.1016/j.sleep.2015.07.020

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“…6,7 The ways in which health professionals and sleep consultants shape expectations and implement strategies around infant sleep are culturally and historically determined. 8,9 Several 'waves' of behavioural intervention are acknowledged in behavioural scientific literature. 10 The 'first wave' refers to behavioural interventions grounded in operant theory and responsive conditioning that came to the fore in the 1950s and 1960s, 'second wave' to cognitive behavioural therapy as developed in the 1980s, and 'third wave' to the latest cognitive behavioural therapies that incorporate acceptance and mindfulness and place emphasis on the function of cognition.…”

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The Possums Infant Sleep Program: parents' perspectives on a novel parent-infant sleep intervention in Australia

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“…6,7 One minority population that has substantial health disparities and has been particularly understudied with respect to sleep medicine is American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/AN). The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) found that healthy sleep (> 7 h) was lower among American Indians/Alaska Natives as compared with non-Hispanic Whites, Hispanics, and Asians.…”

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“…6 It has been suggested that studies using a multilevel approach that includes examination of factors such as level of acculturation, comorbid medical and psychiatric conditions, neighborhood conditions, and cultural beliefs and practices will be crucial to the development of intervention and prevention strategies to reduce disparities in sleep health in minority populations. 6,7 One minority population that has substantial health disparities and has been particularly understudied with respect to sleep medicine is American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/AN). The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) found that healthy sleep (> 7 h) was lower among American Indians/Alaska Natives as compared with non-Hispanic Whites, Hispanics, and Asians.…”

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Sleep Quality in an Adult American Indian Community Sample

Ehlers

Wills

Lau

et al. 2017

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

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Study Objectives: Epidemiological studies have found that insufficient sleep (< 7 h/night) is more common among American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/AN). In this study we sought to identify specific demographic, clinical, and cultural factors that may be associated with reduced sleep quality in an American Indian community sample. Methods: Information on demography along with personal medical, psychiatric, and drinking history was obtained using the Semi-Structured Assessment for the Genetics of Alcoholism (SSAGA). Sleep quality was assessed by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). Results:The adult participants (n = 386, 54% women) had a mean ± standard deviation age of 31.35 ± 14.4 y. Higher degrees of AI ancestry, but not cultural identification, being older than 30 y, and having a high school diploma all were factors predictive of having a short sleep duration (< 6 h). The global score on the PSQI was significantly higher in those participants with a lifetime diagnosis of substance use disorders, anxiety disorders, and affective disorders. Alcohol use disorders and affective disorders were significant predictors of sleep latency whereas anxiety and affective disorders were correlated with waking more often in the night/early morning. Nicotine dependence was associated with having trouble breathing, and alcohol use disorders and anxiety disorders with bad dreams. Conclusions: Alcohol use disorders are associated with poorer quality of sleep in this population and substance use disorders were associated with different aspects of sleep than anxiety and depressive disorders. These findings add to the understanding of the interactions between sleep and substance use, anxiety, and affective disorders in an understudied and underserved population. Keywords: alcohol dependence, American Indians, anxiety disorders, BMI, drug dependence, major depressive disorders, PSQI, sleep Citation: Ehlers CL, Wills DN, Lau P, Gilder DA. Sleep quality in an adult American Indian community sample. J Clin Sleep Med. 2017;13(3):385-391. I NTRO DUCTI O NOver the past decade there has been a growing body of literature that has explored the potential overlap between health disparities research and sleep medicine.1 A number of epidemiological studies have reported poorer quality sleep and a higher prevalence of short and/or long sleep in non-White adults, particularly from lower socioeconomic status groups, in comparison with White adults. [2][3][4][5] This research has provided crucial information on disparities in such factors as selfreported sleep duration, daytime sleepiness, and symptoms of sleep disordered breathing across ethnic groups, geographical location, and socioeconomic status. However, the underlying racial/ethnic specific factors that may lead to these disparities in sleep health are less well understood.6 It has been suggested that studies using a multilevel approach that includes examination of factors such as level of acculturation, comorbid medical and psychiatric conditions, neighborhood conditions, and cultural ...

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“…A key anthropological finding, however, is that these models are incongruent with maternal–infant evolved biology and dramatically differ from infant care in other societies and cultures where a vast majority of the global population resides (Airhihenbuwa et al. ; Ball ; McKenna, Ball, and Gettler ).…”

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Toward an Integrated Anthropology of Infant Sleep

Ball

Tomori

McKenna

2019

American Anthropologist

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This article provides a novel synthesis of anthropological research on infant sleep, focusing on work in biological and sociocultural anthropology in the past decade. First, we briefly review early biological anthropological research into infant sleep from 1987 to 2007, which provided the evidence base for the argument that proximate parent-infant sleep combined with lactation represents a complex set of adaptations that constitute the human evolutionary norm. This work challenged the Western pediatric infant sleep research paradigm, which positioned formula-or bottle-fed solitary sleeping infants as the basis for research and universal models about human infant sleep. Next, we address how recent research has built on these foundations and extended anthropological insights into new aspects of infant sleep. Biological anthropologists, who continue to lead this research, have advanced into the hormonal and behavioral ecology of parent-infant sleep and trade-offs in nighttime care and parent-infant conflict. Moreover, they have made significant progress in translating anthropological research into policy and practice in clinical and health delivery settings. Until recently, sociocultural anthropology has primarily addressed infant sleep as part of broader endeavors, without an explicit focus on infant sleep. We highlight key ethnographic works that shed light on the cultural normalcy and interembodied experience of shared maternal-infant sleep with breastfeeding that help de-center Western discourses of infant sleep. We conclude by discussing future research agendas to forward an integrated anthropology of human infant sleep that considers its full biological and sociocultural context. Integrated anthropological approaches to infant sleep not only present a path forward for novel cross-subfield anthropological research but could help guide more effective and equitable approaches to maternal-infant health. [nighttime care, parenting, infancy, sleep]RESUMEN Este artículo provee una síntesis novedosa de la investigación antropológica sobre el sueño de infantes, enfocándose en el trabajo en antropología biológica y sociocultural en la década pasada. Primero, brevemente revisamos la investigación antropológica biológica temprana en el sueño de infantes desde 1987 a 2007, la cual proveyó la evidencia base para el argumento que el sueño padres-infante cercano combinado con la lactación representa un complejo conjunto de adaptaciones que constituye la norma evolucionaria humana. Este trabajo reta el paradigma occidental de la investigación pediátrica en el sueño de infantes, el cual posiciona los bebés durmiendo solitarios alimentados con fórmula o biberón como la base de la investigación y modelos universales acerca del sueño de infantes humanos. Luego, abordamos cómo la investigación reciente ha construido sobre estas bases y extendido los conocimientos antropológicos en nuevos aspectos del sueño de infantes. Antropólogos biológicos, quienes continúan liderando esta investigación, han avanzado en la ecología hormonal y co...

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I sleep, because we sleep: a synthesis on the role of culture in sleep behavior research

Cited by 39 publications

References 35 publications

The Possums Infant Sleep Program: parents' perspectives on a novel parent-infant sleep intervention in Australia

The Possums Infant Sleep Program: parents' perspectives on a novel parent-infant sleep intervention in Australia

Sleep Quality in an Adult American Indian Community Sample

Toward an Integrated Anthropology of Infant Sleep

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