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Sleep 101 (college sleep course)

A 45-minute online course for incoming college students, built by Brigham and Women's Hospital's Sleep Health Institute with Healthy Hours, that colleges assign before or at the start of first year. It covers sleep and health, grades, athletic performance and drowsy driving, using videos, games and quizzes.

Years
2016–now
Country
United States
Topic
Impaired drivingSleep
Asks people to
StartStop
Strategy
Self efficacy
Channel
SchoolWebsite
Audience
Young adults
incoming college freshmen

Evidence

Self-reportedPositive

Pilot at four universities (fall 2016): post-course voluntary survey showed better sleep and caffeine knowledge and fewer reports of drowsy driving and all-nighters (Quan et al., SWJPCC 2017). A 2024 pre-post preprint had only 25 completers.

Sponsor (who paid)

  • Sleep Health Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital Academic
  • Healthy Hours Industry, co-developer and distributor

Credits (who made it)

Not recorded yet.

Related campaigns

Sources

  1. Sleep 101 site sponsor
  2. The impact of an online prematriculation sleep course (Sleep 101) on sleep knowledge and behaviors in college freshmen: a pilot study evaluation · 2017

Research notes

Created 2026-10-24 by an AI research pass for #103 (C1); not reviewed by a person. Paid programme for colleges (site has pricing); not a free resource. Site uses a self-signed certificate. Listed in NHTSA's 2017 drowsy-driving plan per the site. To verify: 2016 start; 45-minute length; four pilot universities; 2024 preprint figures (338 participants, 25 completers).

Record cases/bwh-sleep-101.json, updated 2026-10-24· Link to this campaign