Health equity is now a core priority for employers—but many chronic disease strategies overlook a foundational driver: sleep. Gaps in sleep care disproportionately affect frontline, hourly, rural, and underserved populations, accelerating chronic disease progression and driving avoidable healthcare costs.
This resource explores how geography, access barriers, and traditional benefit design contribute to unequal sleep health outcomes across today's workforce. It outlines why sleep disorders remain underdiagnosed and undertreated—and how these gaps undermine broader equity and population health goals.
Designed for HR and benefits leaders, this guide offers a practical framework for evaluating sleep care through an equity lens, helping organizations improve outcomes, strengthen inclusion efforts, and support a healthier, more productive workforce.
You'll learn how to:
- Identify sleep care gaps across rural, urban, and frontline populations
- Understand how benefit design can unintentionally widen disparities
- Reframe sleep as a foundational component of equity and chronic care
- Evaluate strategies that improve outcomes without increasing complexity