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Contextual and Parenting Factors Contribute to Shorter Sleep Among Hispanic/Latinx Compared to Non-Hispanic White Infants
- Source :
- Ann Behav Med
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Oxford University Press (OUP), 2020.
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Abstract
- Background Sleep is an important aspect of child development and health. Disparities in childhood sleep have been observed as early as infancy, but little is known about the factors contributing to them. Purpose The objective of this study was to examine whether intrinsic, contextual, and parenting factors contribute to differences in sleep duration between Hispanic/Latinx and non-Hispanic white infants at 6 months of age. Methods We analyzed data of 119 Hispanic/Latinx and 146 non-Hispanic white infants in Rise & SHINE, a prospective birth cohort study of mother–infant dyads. Mothers reported their infant’s sleep patterns using the Brief Infant Sleep Questionnaire at 6 months. Mothers also completed surveys measuring intrinsic (sex, gestational length, and birth weight), contextual (cultural, environmental, and familial), and parenting (behaviors and practices) factors. We used multivariable linear and logistic regression analyses to examine the contributing effects of these clusters of variables on the association between racial/ethnic background and infant sleep duration. Results Hispanic/Latinx infants slept 38 min less than white infants at 6 months (β: −0.63 [95% confidence interval: −1.07, −0.19]) and were nearly three times more likely to not meet the minimum sleep recommendation. The differences persisted after adjustment for intrinsic factors but were attenuated after additional adjustment for contextual and parenting factors, especially having a foreign-born mother and later bedtime. Conclusions The results of this study demonstrate that differences in sleep duration among Hispanic/Latinx infants compared to their white counterparts are present as early as 6 months of age and that context and parenting matter.
- Subjects :
- Male
Birth weight
Culture
Ethnic group
Context (language use)
Social Environment
Logistic regression
Bedtime
White People
Cohort Studies
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
030225 pediatrics
Ethnicity
Humans
Medicine
Family
Prospective Studies
Social Factors
General Psychology
Parenting
business.industry
Infant
Hispanic or Latino
Child development
Sleep in non-human animals
Confidence interval
Psychiatry and Mental health
Female
Sleep
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Boston
Demography
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15324796 and 08836612
- Volume :
- 55
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Annals of Behavioral Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f1c50ecf331b3afdabcde21a7df6527f