The lack of public awareness should prompt a multimedia public education
campaign that also targets elementary, middle, and high school students
as well as undergraduate college health education programs about the
impact of inadequate sleep.
Professional education will be enhanced by integrating the teaching of
sleep medicine and biology into medical, nursing, and pharmacology curricula
and into residency and specialty fellowships. Strategies to facilitate
careers in somnology will be needed to meet the demand for sound science
and expert clinical capacity to take care of the health problems related to
sleep disorders.