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.

Defining culturally responsive sleep health care through Australian First Nations leadership

  • Publication
  • Bushra Nasir, Roslyn Von Senden, Wayne Williams, Timothy C. Skinner, Romola S. Bucks, Yaqoot Fatima

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

  • Publication
  • The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific
  • Yaqoot Fatima, Michelle Olaithe, Shannon Edmed, Bushra Nasir

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
  • Yaqoot Fatima, Uncle Wayne Williams

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

  • Webinar
  • ASA online webinar
  • Roslyn Von Senden, Associate Professor Ching-Li Chai-Coetzer, DrDaniel 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

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

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

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

  • Webinar
  • Sleep Health Foundation
  • Roslyn Von Senden, Yaqoot Fatima

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

  • Webinar
  • HREC Conference 2024
  • Mina Kinghorn

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

  • Podcast episode
  • Science from the Field

Developing Visual Tools for Participant Information and Consent in Sleep Health Research

  • Poster presentation
  • Sleep Advances
  • Ashby, C., Cooper, R., Ison, H., Kinghorn, M., Sullivan, D. P., Nasir, B., Edmed, S., Von Senden, R., Bucks, R., & Fatima, Y.

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