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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

For Clinicians — Practice Guidelines, Recommendations, and Policy Statements for Sleep and Sleep Disorders

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HHS Non-systematic Review

Source: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Last Reviewed: May 2020

Workgroups: Sleep Health Workgroup, Injury and Violence Prevention Workgroup

This webpage from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides information and resources for clinicians about sleep health and sleep disorders. Specifically, it includes links to selected guidelines, recommendations, and policy statements on specific sleep topics, like sleep apnea and chronic insomnia.

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Objectives related to this resource (4)

Reduce the rate of motor vehicle crashes due to drowsy driving — SH‑01
Little or no detectable change
Increase the proportion of adults who get enough sleep — SH‑03
Getting worse
Increase the proportion of high school students who get enough sleep — SH‑04
Getting worse
Reduce unintentional injury deaths — IVP‑03
Getting worse

Suggested Citation

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (n.d.) For Clinicians — Practice Guidelines, Recommendations, and Policy Statements for Sleep and Sleep Disorders. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/sleep/for-clinicians.html