Let's Yarn About Sleep!

Research, policy and practice

A growing body of evidence, insights and knowledge from the Let’s Yarn About Sleep program, highlighting community-led research, culturally grounded approaches, and emerging findings that support better sleep health for First Nations families.

From process to publication: the conduct and reporting of co-design in health research in the Western Pacific region

  • Research paper
  • The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific
  • Yaqoot Fatima a b, Michelle Olaithe c, Shannon Edmed b d, Bushra Nasir e

Sleep Health: What it is and why we need it?

  • AOS presentation
  • Fatima & Uncle Wayne

This was presented at the Wellbeing Series Session 2: Sleep and Your Wellbeing – hosted by AHO

Let’s yarn about sleep: Co-designing a movement for sleep health equity in First nations communities in Australia

  • Webinar
  • Cochrane
  • Fatima & Uncle Wayne

First Nation Sleep: Health Service Delivery Pathways for management and treatment of OSA

  • Webinar
  • ASA online webinar
  • Daniel Sullivan

Let’s Yarn About Sleep: A Community Co-Designed Sleep Health Program for First Nations Adolescents

  • Webinar 
  • UQ Kids Sleep seminar series
  • Daniel Sullivan

Radio interview on the science behind sleeping well

  • Radio interview
  • Daniel Sullivan

Radio interview on the science behind sleeping well – 23 June 2025. ABC Local Radio Sunshine Coast 90.3FM (Syndicated to: ABC Wide Bay, Gold Coast, North QLD, North West QLD. Total Reach (Meltwater Analytics): 5411 listeners (3600 national, 1,811 local).

Cultural determinants of Sleep Health for First Nations adolescents: Perspectives of Service

  • Poster presentation
  • Ashby, C., Kinghorn, M., Von Senden, R., Sullivan, D. P., Wigginton, B., & Fatima, Y.

Poster presentation at Sleep DownUnder 2024. Proceedings in Sleep Advances, 5(Suppl 1), A53.

Let's Yarn About Sleep with A/Prof Yaqoot Fatima and Roslyn Von Senden

  • Youtube presentation
  • Sleep Health Foundation
  • Fatima & Ros

Developing visual tools for participant information and consent in Sleep Health Research

  • Youtube presentation
  • HREC Conference 2024
  • Mina Kinghorn

Will the ‘Scandinavian sleep method’ really help me sleep?

  • Article
  • The Conversation
  • Fatima, Y., Wilson, D., Aouira, N.

Why do we wake up shortly before our alarm goes off? It’s not by chance

  • Article
  • The Conversation
  • Fatima, Y., Metse, A., Wilson, D.

A big, convulsive twitch while dozing off? Sleep experts explain the ‘hypnic jerk’

  • Article
  • The Conversation
  • Fatima, Y., Metse, A., Sullivan, D.

The weight loss drug Mounjaro has been approved to treat sleep apnoea. How does it work?

  • Article
  • The Conversation
  • Fatima, Y., Aouira, N.

Sleep apnoea can be scary. But here’s what happened when First Nations people had a say in their own care

  • Article
  • The Conversation
  • Fatima, Y., Sullivan, D., Bucks, R., Von Senden, R., Edmed, S.

The first sleep health program for First Nations adolescents could change lives

  • Article
  • The Conversation
  • Fatima, Y., Potia, A., Ward, J., Kinghorn, M.

For children, it’s not just about getting enough sleep. Bed time matters, too

  • Article
  • The Conversation
  • Fatima, Y.

Did the kids stay up late in the holidays? 3 ways to get sleep routines back

  • Article
  • The Conversation
  • Fatima, Y., Wilson, D., Chawla, J., Aouira, N.

Science from the Field: ‘Let’s Yarn About Sleep’ with Prof. Fatima Yaqoot & Roslyn Von Senden

  • Podcast episode
  • Science from the Field

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