Developing Routines for Early Adolescent Media and Sleep (DREAMS)

The Developing Routines for Early Adolescent Media and Sleep Study is conducted in partnership with the AAP Pediatric Research in Office Settings (PROS) network and MPI Dr. Megan Moreno at University of Wisconsin-Madison. DREAMS aims to better understand how pediatricians use AAP’s Family Media Plan to address technology and digital media (TDM) use with early adolescent patients, and how we can optimize this resource to address common adolescent sleep problems related to TDM use. We have submitted grant proposals to the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to fund this work. Opportunities involve participation in rapid qualitative analysis to examine pediatrician, caregiver, and youth perspectives about the FMP, and to collaborate with Dr. Moreno’s Social Media and Adolescent Health Research Team (SMAHRT) on youth TDM use data from their lab.

Funding: American Academy of Pediatrics

Stage: Ongoing

Supporting Publications: Williamson, A.A., & Hale, L. (2024). Future directions for screen time interventions for sleep. JAMA Pediatrics, 178(12):1245-1247. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.4009.

Collaborators

Co-Primary Investigator:
Alex Fiks, MD
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 
Co-Primary Investigator: Everly Macario, PhD, AAP Pediatric Research
Donna Harris,
American Academy of Pediatrics PROS Network
Alessandra Torres,
American Academy of Pediatrics PROS Network
Megan Moreno, MD, University of Wisconsin—Madison  
Talia Cordova, BA The Ballmer Institute for Children’s Behavioral Health, UO