Delegate: Saratcha Tiensuntisook, MD
Affiliation: Let’s be heroes foundation, World Sleep Academy Alumni
Short Bio: Psychiatrist, Thailand
World Sleep Academy Alumni
Staff at Psychiatric department, Faculty of medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Thailand
World sleep Academy Faculty
Activity: With the theme “Sleep equity for global health” and 3 key messages. Key Message 1: Sleep is essential to health, Key Message 2: Sleep health is multidimensional, Key Message 3: Address sleep health disparities to improve the health of populations across the world.
We collaborate with Let’s be heroes foundation to improve the health of populations across the world. To narrow the gap in sleep health disparities, We call for donation to help the group of people with social and environmental disparities. Also, we provide eye pads, ear plugs, and blankets to ensure appropriate sleep environment for better sleep health. Our campaign distributes sleep kit to the people with financial strain, psychological stress including special population like mentally retarded children, disabled children and elder with dementia.
With the theme “Sleep equity for global health” and 3 key messages. Key Message 1: Sleep is essential to health, Key Message 2: Sleep health is multidimensional, Key Message 3: Address sleep health disparities to improve the health of populations across the world.
Eye pad, Ear plug, Blanket
Our campaign distributes sleep kits to the people with financial strain and psychological stress
We address sleep health disparities (Key Message 3) and support environmental disparity with sleep kit (eye pads, ear plugs, blankets) to improve sleep health via several platforms (workshop, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, YouTube, Line) with people from all ages.
Link: https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSFVh2xwy/https://x.com/fern_wsa/status/1760617551623811195?s=46
Special population: Elder with dementia, mentally retarded child
We address sleep health disparities
(Key Message 3) and support environmental disparity with sleep kit (eye pads, ear plugs, blankets) to improve sleep health via several platforms (workshop, Facebook, Instagram, twitter, TikTok, YouTube, line) with people from all ages.
We distribute knowledge about sleep, Sleep is a critical pillar of health and poor sleep health can have multiple significant impacts. Moreover, Sleep health is multidimensional more than enough hour of sleep. Organizing “healthy sleep” into distinct aspects offers sleep health advocates more focused messaging that promotes healthy sleep behaviors.
We promote sleep health awareness and education across the world. Reaching out to people as much as possible, We held the activities in multilevel including international activity, national activity, hospital based activity and community based activity.
(Key Message 1: Sleep is essential to health and Key Message 2: Sleep health is multidimensional)
1.International activity
We collaborate with World Sleep Academy alumni and record the World Sleep Day 2024 clip in several languages from the alumni all over the world to raise awareness of the important of sleep health.
Link: https://youtu.be/7oBP4iYjdtA?si=nmK2yB4UI8O1X0qu
2.National activity
We collaborate with Sleep Society of Thailand created the World Sleep Day activity of translating theme “Sleep equity for global health” into Thai language: นอนหลับสมดุล เป็นต้นทุนสุขภาพสากล and held activities together with Siriraj Sleep Center, The King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Ramathibodi Hospital, Sleep Disorders Center Faculty of Medicine Chiangmai University, Pranangklao Hospital, Songklanagarind Hospital Sleep Center and Rajavithi Hospital.
Let’s Be Heroes Foundation collaborated with Central Chest Institute of Thailand arranged World Sleep Day 2024 activity in the topics of “Basic knowledge of sleep, sleep disorders and good sleep hygiene,” “How do sleep late and sleep insufficiency affect children’s health?” “How does insomnia affect mental health?” and “Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) evaluation and surgery treatment.” There was also a session between sleep patients with sleep problem and sleep experts. Moreover, there was free initial assessment and advice on sleep health problems for both children and adults from multidisciplinary sleep expert team, using questionnaires such as ESS, STOP-Bang, Modified OSA-18 and TPSS and expert advice about the use of CPAP and CPAP care.
Link: https://www.instagram.com/lets.be.heroes.foundation?igsh=YXQxajZyMXY5Zm90
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/nKxnWY4D9pVWSNNe/?mibextid=WC7FNe
3.Hospital based activity
We held World Sleep Day activity at Psychiatric department of Ramathibodi Chakri Naruebodindra Hospital.
We provided the knowledge about sleep health and sleep hygiene. Also, we provided sleep tool kit (eye pads, ear plugs, blankets) for psychiatric patients to improve their sleep health and mental health concurrently. Anyone could participate in this activity and there were prizes for the participants who can answer the World Sleep Day 2024 slogan in Thai correctly.
4.Community based activity
We collaborated with private clinic (Morning mind counselling clinic and Pichayanin clinic) held activities on World Sleep Day.
We promoted World Sleep Day and educated patients and people in the community about sleep health. We also provided sleep tool kit (eye pads, ear plugs, blankets) to decrease environmental disparities.
Moreover, we distributed the “Sleep first aid tool kit” via line official account with the FAQ about sleep health, sleep hygiene, sleep problem and initial management. For anyone who interest in sleep health or sleep problem can also access this knowledge from YouTube channel and the clinic webpage.
Link: https://morningmindcounseling.com/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIhpq51sqjhQMVes48Ah1Qiw35EAAYASAAEgIaBPD_BwE
Sleep first aid tool kit: Line official account with the FAQ about sleep health, sleep hygiene, sleep problem and initial management
YouTube Channel and the Clinic Webpage
We promoted World Sleep Day and educated patients and people in the community about sleep health. We also provided sleep tool kit (eye pads, ear plugs, blankets) to decrease environmental disparities.
Lastly, We start to translate and validate RU-SATED questionnaire in to Thai language(Key Message 2: Sleep health is multidimensional) because healthy sleep means more than enough sleep. There are six dimensions (Duration, Efficiency, Timing, Regularity, Alertness and Quality)that affect sleep health and consequently overall health and wellbeing. If we have the Thai RU SATED questionnaire, Thai patients with sleep disorder will receive the sleep health evaluation covered all of these dimensions leading to physical and mental well-being.
To encourage World Sleep Society dedication to Advancing Sleep Health Worldwide. We use the World Sleep Day 2024 events to promote sleep health awareness and education. We also translate RU SATED questionnaire as a tool to collect and centralize standard sleep data for the possibility to improve sleep health and public health in Thailand.
Location: Thailand
Date of Activity: During March 2024
Submitted by: Saratcha Tiensuntisook
