Sleep and Health

Sleep and Health, Second Edition provides an accessible yet comprehensive overview of the relationship between sleep and health at the individual, community, and population levels, along with a discussion of the implications for public health, public policy, and interventions. Based on a firm foundation in many areas of sleep health research, this text further provides introductions to each sub-area of the field and a summary of the current research for each area. This book serves as a resource for those interested in learning about the growing field of sleep health research, including sections on social determinants, cardiovascular disease, cognitive functioning, health behavior theory, smoking, and more.

• Highlights the important role of sleep across a wide range of topic areas
• Addresses important topics such as sleep disparities, sleep and cardiometabolic disease risk, real-world effects of sleep deprivation, and public policy implications of poor sleep
• Contains accessible reviews that point to all of the relevant literature in these often-overlooked areas; it can serve as a "one-stop shop" for all relevant information on this broad topic area, especially for people not directly working in this field but with an interest in this area