Sleeping well and sufficiently is fundamental for health and welfare, which is something to be learned right from childhood. In this sense, on May 9, a team from Hospital da Luz Setúbal talked about this theme with children (1 st to 4 th grades) of Escola Básica da Azeda. The session destined to students took place in the format of storytelling and play, where children had to answer questions about the rules to a good sleep hygiene. The following rules were namely highlighted: getting up and going to bed at the same time, everyday (preferably by 9 p.m.), putting aside TV, phone/tablet, video games or music before going to bed, dimming the light in the bedroom, and reading a book or listening to a story. “Children of these ages are true sponges absorbing knowledge. So, we thought that it would be a good initiative to explain these rules to them, that they could then share with parents and promote good behaviours concerning the sleep of everyone”, explains Andreia Neves, a pulmonology and sleep hygiene technician, who was part of the Hospital da Luz team in this initiative. Accompanied by the mascot Lu, the team also included pulmonologists Marta Fradinho and João Portela and Carla Borges, the management center coordinator.
