Exploring the Link—Better Sleep Equals Better Health
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Global Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 5104
Special Issue Editors
Interests: chronobiology; sleep; shift work; epidemiology; public health
2. Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes (IMM), Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa, 1649-028 Lisbon, Portugal
3. Instituto de Saúde Ambiental (ISAMB), Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-026 Lisbon, Portugal
Interests: aviation; sleep deprivation; shift work; actigraphy; sleep; melatonin; chronotypes
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Deficient sleep has dramatically impacted people's physical, mental, and social health, directly affecting productivity, safety, and quality of life in general. However, even though sleep is a central behavior in people's lives, consuming about 1/3 of the day for adults, sleep is often neglected. Sleep is a relevant risk factor for adverse health outcomes and a cause of several diseases, responsible for the decrease in life expectancy and harm to human performance.
As modern society (environment, social norms and demands, societal influences and pressures, globalization, and health disparities) plays a central role in sleep deficiency, it is necessary to understand its social and economic magnitude, since sleep deficiency is generally not recognized as a significant public health problem. On the other hand, the causal relationship between poor sleep and health outcomes is still unclear and studies are needed to explain their mechanisms of action.
Thus, this Special Issue invites the publication of innovative articles on various aspects of sleep and its impact on health (physical, mental, and social health), the relationship between sleep and work, learning, social organization, and the social costs of sleep, as well as interventions guidelines and policies for better sleep. Relevant areas include manuscripts encouraging transdisciplinarity, current methods, and new conceptual models. Original articles, reviews, meta-analyses, and perspectives will be accepted.
Dr. Elaine Marqueze
Dr. Cátia Reis
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sleep
- health
- chronobiology
- social organization
- shift work
- public health
- risk factors
- mechanisms
- interventions
- guidelines
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