Neighborhood deprivation predicts infant sleep quality

The current study examined the relationship between neighborhood deprivation and infant sleep at 3 months of age. Neighborhood and sleep data were collected from 80 African American infants and their caregivers. A composite neighborhood deprivation score was created using census data. Infant sleep was measured via 7 nights of actigraphy monitoring when infants were 3 months of age. Current analyses considered the average number of infant night...