​Sleep Equity Issues

• Patient awareness of physiological impact of sleep apnea on nightly blood pressure, pre/post operative surgery complications; opiate pain medication complications

• Access, Affordability of sleep assessment and treatment for underserved populations

• Women not being treated for sleep disorders

• Sleep disorders, Co-Occurring Health Conditions and Underserved populations

• Advances in sleep interventions reaching underserved communities

• Cultural stereotypes and medial bias in primary care impacting access to assessment and treatment of sleep disorders in underserved communities

• Racial and gender disparity in sleep disorder related mortality