BU researcher studying ways to reduce health disparities for black women dealing with insomnia

(Boston University School of Medicine) Black women are among those most likely to have insomnia, according to Lynn Rosenberg, ScD, associate director of Boston University's Slone Epidemiology Center and a principal investigator of the Black Women's Health Study (BWHS). Rosenberg has been awarded a three year $2,225,495 grant from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to study this. The study will be using a self-administered internet program called SHUTi (Sleep Healthy Using the Internet), a web-tool based on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news