Ethics, public engagement and dissemination
2020–147
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A positive ethical vote for the study by the Ethics Committee of the Medical Faculty of the University of Cologne has been obtained (no: 20–1547) and for conducting the interviews with the mothers additionally at Bielefeld university (2020–147). Participation in all surveys will be voluntary. In all pseudonymous surveys, which only take place with written consent, there will be the possibility to withdraw one’s consent at any time without repercussions. All surveys will be data protection compliant and the storage, processing, and deletion of research data will be carried out in accordance with the current legal situation.Public engagement and dissemination of the results will occur on different channels depending on the target group. As instruments, a homepage will be implemented, which will explicitly address affected parents as well as medical staff. Here, the course of the project as well as relevant results will be published in target group adapted language. In addition to the homepage, an Instagram account will be created to inform the public here as well and to offer a low-threshold opportunity to promote contact between science and the public. This instrument is intended to encourage the target group to play a significant role in shaping the development of the intervention and to make their opinions known, e.g., by voting or giving feedback. The results of the NICU head survey will be reflected back to all leaders in the form of a fact sheet in an anonymous and aggregated form. The scientific community will be informed about scientific publications and the presentation of results at specialist conferences.