The National Sleep Foundation has a new Community Sleep Awareness Partner® (CSAP) membership program for dental sleep professionals

The National Sleep Foundation (NSF) invites dental sleep professionals to join its Community Sleep Awareness Partner (CSAP) network of more than 800 sleep professionals and healthcare facilities across North America that are dedicated to promoting awareness of sleep and sleep disorders, such as sleep apnea.

As a 2008 CSAP, your dental practice will be listed on NSF’s Web site, the nation’s #1 destination for sleep information.  Your practice will also receive access to online tools you can use to benefit from the more than 240 million media impressions and hundreds of news stories generated during National Sleep Awareness Week® 2008 (March 3-9, 2008).  Don’t miss this opportunity to get your practice listed on NSF’s Web site and position yourself as a resource for sleep education in your community. 

As a 2008 CSAP, you will help NSF bring sleep into the mainstream of public health.  NSF’s major objectives for the year ahead will focus on media, education, research, and advocacy activities targeted to:

1. Promote sleep as a healthy behavior — as important as diet and exercise to well-being.
2. Promote the recognition of obstructive sleep apnea as a chronic disease that deserves more attention from the federal government and state public health officials.
3. Promote awareness of the links between inadequate sleep and sleep disorders and co-morbid conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, stroke, obesity and depression — all of which are public health priorities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

To continue to effectively address these important objectives, NSF needs your help and partnership. As a CSAP member, you can play a vital role in providing public education and awareness outreach, and position yourself as a local spokesperson for the extraordinary national media coverage generated by NSF during National Sleep Awareness Week® (NSAW) and throughout the year.

For only $175, you will receive:

• A listing on the NSF Web site’s Find a Sleep Professional directory.
• Access to the 2008 Online Community Sleep Awareness Partners Toolkit.
• Materials to share with referring physicians and other healthcare professionals.
• A comprehensive 2008 media kit with advanced results of NSF's annual Sleep in America poll.
• A 20% discount on the purchase of NSF educational materials.
• Advanced notice of new public education campaigns and promotional opportunities.

Join National Sleep Foundation today.