Sleep Health Foundation

🧠✨ This week, the Sleep Health Foundation had the privilege of attending Mental Health Australia's #MentalHealth Sector Expo in Canberra in recognition of #WorldMentalHealthDay yesterday! 🌍💙 It was an incredible opportunity to highlight the powerful connection between sleep and mental health, share insights, and connect with so many passionate individuals, organisations and politicians. Together, we continue working toward better sleep and mental wellbeing for all. #sleephealth #mentalhealthaustralia #WorldMentalHealthDay2024 #MHAexpo

The Sleep Health Foundation want to know what you think about Daylight Saving Time in Australia, whether or not you live in a practicing state or territory. 🤔 Have your say via the survey here: https://lnkd.in/g_DMt46q #daylightsaving #dst #daylightsavingtime #sleep #survey #sleepsurvey

Ready to spring forward? 🌞 We’ve compiled a list of top tips to help you adjust to Daylight Saving Time. For more information, see our fact sheet on Daylight Saving and Sleep: https://lnkd.in/gDZyAVtV #daylightsavingtime #springforward #sleeptips #dst #sleep #sleephealth

Are you a healthcare professional looking to expand your understanding of the role of sleep in men's health and strategies to improve it? Join our Chair, Prof Shantha Wilson Rajaratnam, our Deputy Chair, Prof Robert Adams, and Prof Danny Eckert in this important free webinar on men's sleep health tomorrow, Wednesday 2 October at 7pm AEST, via Medcast and Healthy Male!

Feeling the grind? 😣 Bruxism, or teeth grinding, can affect your smile and your sleep. Take steps to protect your teeth and reduce stress—your smile will thank you! ✨🦷 Find out more about Bruxism: https://lnkd.in/gdKQUhR6 #sleep #sleephealth #bruxism #teethgrinding #oralhealth

The Sleep Health Foundation is delighted to announce our finalists for this year's Sleep Science Communication Award are: Laura Astbury (Monash University), Samantha Bramich (University of Tasmania), Dayna Easton (CQ University), and Nicole Grivell (Flinders University) 👏 For Stage 2 of the Award, these finalists will be presenting a 5-minute 'pitch' for their research and how they predict their findings could be translated into significant and positive impacts on the sleep health field and society as a whole. Join us Saturday 19 October at 1.45pm-3.15pm AEST at the Sleep DownUnder conference, where the finalists will be presenting in-person and the winner will be announced! Find out more about the Award and our finalists here: https://lnkd.in/gHwmnwQA #ecr #sleep #sleephealth #sleepscience #sleepdownunder

Over the weekend, the Age and SMH shared an important article about how "Sleeping in hospital can be a nightmare. Experts say it's time to wake up to some solutions.” We’re here to elaborate on those solutions! The Sleep Health Foundation’s Code of Practice for Sleep Care in Hospitals provides a set of guidelines to help hospitals create an environment conducive with sleep at a time when people are most in need of its benefits. Find out more about the Code of Practice for Sleep Care in Hospitals via our website: https://lnkd.in/gbRekM5h #sleep #sleepinhospitals #sleephealth

Reminding Early Career Researchers and postgrad students (who have almost completed their Masters or PhD) attending Sleep DownUnder that you have 🚨 THREE MORE DAYS 🚨 to enter into the Sleep Science Communication Award! At the Sleep Health Foundation, we understand how important it is to communicate information in non-scientific language so that it can be easily understood by the public. In the first stage of the Sleep Science Communication Award, entrants are asked to translate their research into accessible language in the form of a press release. Find out more about the Award and how to enter here: https://lnkd.in/gHwmnwQA #sleep #earlycareerresearcher #healthliteracy

In Australia this week we have officially earned the “right to disconnect”, although for small businesses this right does not commence until 26 August 2025. Even prior to this new law, we at the Sleep Health Foundation have been giving you permission, and encouragement, to disconnect and lean into more rest, more leisure time and improved sleep! We all probably spend too much time on our phones and computers, it’s hard to switch off as it is. Could this new law be a game-changer in which we see sleep health and broader health improvements via legislation (like we had with seatbelts, smoking etc). We are watching this space carefully and are very interested in activities at the Fair Work Commission. #sleepbetter #disconnect #healthlegislation #health #workleisuresleep https://lnkd.in/gnPAva5W

In case you missed it! Our webinars from Sleep Health Week with Black Dog Institute and Beyond Blue featuring our CEO, Dr Moira Junge are now available to watch online 👀 ▶️ Teens & Sleep: Evidence Based Solutions for a Better Night's Sleep with A/Prof Aliza Werner-Seidler and Black Dog Institute: https://lnkd.in/gccq8mW7 ▶️ How to sleep and improve mental health with Dr Norman Swan and Beyond Blue: https://lnkd.in/gGdY5jbJ