Implementing a School-Based Sleep Intervention in the First Year of Elementary School: Voices of the School Nurses as Intervention Deliverers

K Paton; KL Sia; R Peat; J Stecher; J Quach

Journal article

Implementing a School-Based Sleep Intervention in the First Year of Elementary School: Voices of the School Nurses as Intervention Deliverers

K Paton, KL Sia, R Peat, J Stecher, J Quach

Behavioral Sleep Medicine | Published : 2019

DOI: 10.1080/15402002.2017.1326917

Abstract

Objective/Background: Elementary school nurses are an important component of health care systems. However, translational research of their role in interventions is limited. This study aimed to determine the feasibility, acceptability and sustainability of training the school nursing workforce to deliver a brief behavioral sleep intervention and the associated delivery costs. Participants: Twenty-four primary school nurses from the Victorian Department of Education and Training, Melbourne, Australia, involved in delivering the school-based sleep intervention as part of the Sleep Well–Be Well trial participated in three surveys and a focus group over 30 months. Methods: An embedded mixed metho..

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Funding Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council (grant number 1024203). Jon Quach is funded by Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Research Award DE140100751.