School-based sleep education program improves sleep and academic performance of school-age children

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue , 2016, Pages 93-100

  Gruber, Reut ^a,b   Somerville, Gail ^c   Bergmame, Lana ^b   Fontil, Laura ^b   Paquin, Soukaina ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Riverside School Board   (Canada)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Intervention; School age children; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACTIMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SLEEP; SLEEP TIME; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SCHOOL; STUDENT;

ACTIGRAPHY; CHILD; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; SCHOOLS; SLEEP; STUDENTS;

EID: 84973341530     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: 18785506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2016.01.012     Document Type: Article

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