Better Nights, Better Days during COVID-19 study recruitment

Hello! Corkum LABS at Dalhousie University is currently conducting a study to understand if the Better, Nights Better Days program improves the sleep, mental health, wellbeing, and family resiliency in children and parents during the COVID-19 pandemic, and to test how to “scale-out” the Better, Nights Better Days program to across Canada. The Better, Nights Better Days program is an evidence-based online program to support parents of children aged 1-10 years who experience sleeping problems including difficulties falling and staying asleep. We recently modified this program so that it could be used during the current COVID-19 pandemic. Now, more than ever, having good sleep is particularly important given the intense stress that many families have experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic. We are recruiting 1,000 families of children who experience sleeping problems to test the Better, Nights Better Days during COVID-19 program across Canada. There is no cost for families to participate. Study recruitment will continue until December 2021. The study has been approved by the IWK Research Ethics Board. Inclusion Criteria ❑ Parent of a child is between the ages of 1 and 10 years old ❑ Family resides in Canada ❑ Parent has regular access to high-speed internet and email ❑ Parent can read, write, and understand English ❑ Child experiences behavioural sleep difficulties (i.e., problems falling asleep or falling asleep independently) Interested parents can visit: https://betternightsbetterdays.ca/ or email us at bnbd@dal.ca for more information. Please feel free to share this information with any family, friends, or colleagues who you think may be interested. If you have time, please also feel free to like and share our social media recruitment posts, like this one: https://www.facebook.com/betternightsdays/photos/a.890740814338551/4404854109593853/ Thank you, The Better Nights, Better Days Research Team Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/betternightsdays/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/betternightsday This study is being funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Operating Grant: COVID-19 Mental Health & Substance Use Service Needs and Delivery, led by Dr. Penny Corkum (Dalhousie University, IWK Health Centre).