Quantitative survey
Execution of an anonymous Germany-wide postal survey of all Level I and Level II NICU leaders (n = 211 physicians and n = 211 nurses).Topics to be covered by the questionnaire include:What is the perceived value of feeding with MOM and with HDM?How does breastfeeding and lactation support take place?Is HDM already being given at present?What are the reasons for HDMB not being implemented?Evaluation of implementation barriers and facilitators.Where possible, validated instruments will be used. If no suitable instruments are available, questions developed in-house will be applied. This will involve a multidisciplinary team consisting of, among others, social scientists and physicians. The questionnaire will be pre-tested by the relevant target group before implementation. The survey of the physician and nurse NICU leaders will be done anonymously with a response control, so that following Dillmann [