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A Sleep Intervention for Preschoolers in Foster Care
Sponsor: Bradley Hospital
Summary
Healthy sleep is critical for optimal health and development, but there are no public health interventions to support sleep for children in foster care. This proposal will develop and implement a digital public-health-level intervention to support foster caregivers in promoting healthy sleep in the young children in their care. The digital intervention approach has the potential to maximize scalability and reach to support foster children and their caregivers on a national level.
Official title: Development and Implementation of a Digital Sleep Intervention for Preschoolers in Foster Care
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
21 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
72
Start Date
2026-09-01
Completion Date
2028-08-31
Last Updated
2024-08-12
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Sleep Wizard
First, foster parents will fill out the child sleep questionnaire, which will screen for behavioral and medical sleep issues. Foster parents will then complete introductory modules focused on general sleep hygiene and education. Next, they will access tailored sleep strategy modules determined by an automated algorithm based on sleep challenges identified in the sleep screening. Participants will be notified to alert the child?s pediatrician if the screening indicates the presence of a medical sleep disorder, such as sleep disordered breathing. Participants will be asked to follow recommended sleep strategies for 2 weeks, and complete short morning daily diaries on the child?s sleep from the night prior within the Sleep Wizard platform. To reinforce intervention content and enhance adherence and integrity, participants will receive appropriately timed tailored text message reminders of strategies they should be utilizing.