Att 5b Survey Cover Letter (email)

D ear «FirstName» «LastName»:

Recently one of our staff contacted your hospital about the 2022 CDC National Survey of Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC). You were identified as the person most knowledgeable about these practices at your hospital.

We invite you now to complete the mPINC survey. Your participation is completely voluntary; it takes approximately 30 minutes to complete. The survey is conducted from a "secure" https (SSL) server using the same type of internet security as is used for handling credit card transactions. Every precaution has been made to reduce the risk that unauthorized users could view your hospital’s answers. The link provided here is unique to your hospital, it is intended only for the following hospital and location.

Hospital Name: <facility name>

Address: <address>

<city, state, zip>

Click here to go to the mPINC Survey

If you are unable to use the link, please go to [insert website here] and enter your unique username: <username> and password: <password>

About the mPINC Survey

The mPINC survey asks about day-to-day practices in mother-baby care at your hospital, and focuses on infant nutrition and care including breastfeeding, use of formula by healthy newborns, and feeding routines. Since you are completing the survey on behalf of your hospital, you may find that the experience or knowledge of other staff within your hospital may be needed to answer some of the survey questions. As you complete the mPINC survey, please feel free to seek input from these colleagues.

This survey is being conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to assess infant feeding practices at maternity care hospitals in the United States and territories. It was first administered in 2007 and has been administered about every two years since, allowing the monitoring of infant feeding practices trends over time. All hospitals in the United States and territories identified as providing maternity care are being asked to participate in the survey, whether or not they participated in the previous surveys. We are using the current American Hospital Association’s Annual Survey Database to identify these hospitals.

Once data collection and analysis are complete, we will send you an individualized Hospital Report containing a summary of your survey results and a comparison of your results to the nation, the region, and to other hospitals of similar size, showing specific changes your hospital can make to support breastfeeding mothers. Hospitals can use this information to improve care practices and policies to better support their maternity patients. In addition, anonymous results from all hospitals will be summarized nationally and for each state.

Confidentiality

Your responses will be treated in a confidential manner. Your responses will be kept private to the extent allowed by law. Your name, hospital name, and any other personal identifiers will not appear when we present any oral or written presentations of survey results. Access to documents and electronic files is restricted to the staff working on the survey. Providing your name, position, and official hospital email address is voluntary; your contact information will be used to send an electronic version of your hospital’s results and inform you of mPINC survey related opportunities.

If you have any questions regarding this survey, please call Quintella Bester, Task Leader, Battelle, toll-free at 1-866-826-4176.

Please submit your survey responses as soon as possible in order for your hospital’s information to be included in the mPINC analysis and to receive a Hospital Report.

Thank you in advance for your time and participation in this important survey.

Sincerely,

Rafael C. Flores-Ayala, DrPH, MApStat

Chief, Nutrition Branch

Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity

National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention