Improving Sleep Health From Infancy Through Early Adulthood: Educational Interventions and Behavior Change Strategies

The field of developmental health emphasizes the critical role of healthy sleep in determining a range of important outcomes from infancy through early adulthood. Current research indicates that sleep quality and duration during these key developmental phases significantly predict various health and performance outcomes in adult life. However, numerous challenges such as screen exposure, social expectations, and physiological transformations pose threats to sleep throughout different developmental stages. This Research Topic seeks to address these issues by exploring innovative educational interventions designed to improve sleep quality along the developmental continuum from infancy to young adulthood (up to age 24). Both caregiver-focused approaches for infants and intervention strategies for teenagers to overcome sleep barriers are of interest.

This Research Topic aims to foster a deeper understanding of sleep health across early developmental stages, emphasizing the profound benefits on social, emotional, and physical health. By focusing on varied age groups, including childhood and adolescence, this collection aspires to introduce novel solutions to advance sleep quality and thus promote overall well-being. Cross-sectional and longitudinal studies are encouraged, contributing to a robust body of evidence in advancing effective interventions. The ultimate goal is to enrich the existing literature, serving as a practical resource for improving sleep during these formative years.

To gather further insights within the boundaries of interventions targeting sleep improvement along the developmental continuum, we welcome articles addressing, but not limited to, the following themes:

• Theoretical rationales or designs for innovative approaches to youth sleep enhancement.

• Impacts of school or community programs on youth sleep improvement.

• Caregiver interventions aimed at better sleep for infants, toddlers, school-aged children, and adolescents.

• Systematic reviews or meta-analyses of youth-focused sleep-related behavioral interventions.

• Integration of behavior change theories into intervention design and implementation.

We invite various article types, including design and protocol papers, outcome-focused intervention studies, and reviews. Special emphasis will be on manuscripts that effectively interweave behavior change theories or frameworks into the creation and execution of interventions.

Article types and fees

This Research Topic accepts the following article types, unless otherwise specified in the Research Topic description:

• Brief Research Report
• Case Report
• Clinical Trial
• Community Case Study
• Conceptual Analysis
• Curriculum, Instruction, and Pedagogy
• Data Report
• Editorial
• FAIR² Data
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Article types

This Research Topic accepts the following article types, unless otherwise specified in the Research Topic description:

• Brief Research Report
• Case Report
• Clinical Trial
• Community Case Study
• Conceptual Analysis
• Curriculum, Instruction, and Pedagogy
• Data Report
• Editorial
• FAIR² Data
• FAIR² DATA Direct Submission
• General Commentary
• Hypothesis and Theory
• Methods
• Mini Review
• Opinion
• Original Research
• Perspective
• Registered Report
• Review
• Study Protocol
• Systematic Review
• Technology and Code

Keywords: behavioral intervention, behavioral theory, behavior change, sleep health

Important note: All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.