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2024 Infant Feeding Survey

From October 21st to November 15th, Public Health Nurses will be reaching out to a randomly selected group of parents with infants aged six to 12 months, inviting them to take part in our Infant Feeding Survey. Over 1,100 parents across Simcoe Muskoka will be contacted to share their experiences with infant feeding. Your participation will help us better understand local feeding practices and improve services to support parents and babies in our community. Below are answers to common questions about the survey

​Calls are being made from October 21st – November 15th, 2024.
​When your child was born, the hospital staff or midwife asked for your consent to share information about you and your baby with the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit.  This year the random sample of approximately 1100 families from Simcoe Muskoka who currently have babies between the ages of six and 12 months will be contacted. 
No. When you are called, you will be asked for your consent to participate in the survey. Participation is voluntary and your decision will not affect the services you receive from the health unit

Yes. Your survey responses are entered into a privacy protected electronic survey. Your name, phone number and contact information is stored within a secured password-protected electronic file separate from the survey and is not included in your saved responses. This means your responses to the questions in the survey cannot be connected to your name or contact information. Your contact information can only be accessed by staff who are organizing the survey and making phone calls. The file with the contact information for everyone in the random sample is deleted after all surveys are completed.

The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit ensures the survey is conducted ethically through a thorough internal review. This review is performed by qualified staff not involved in the survey's design or development, ensuring an unbiased evaluation. The review checks that the survey questions and procedures comply with provincial legislation.

This process follows the ethical guidelines for data collection set out in the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (TCPS2). Key ethical considerations include maintaining confidentiality, ensuring honesty and objectivity, promoting social responsibility, and protecting the rights of human subjects.

If you have any questions about the collection, use, or sharing of personal information, please contact the Office of the Privacy Officer at the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit:

Address: 15 Sperling Drive, Barrie, ON L4M 6K9
Phone: (705) 721-7520 or 1-877-721-7520  

Survey findings will be reported to SMDHU programs, local partners and provincial partners using aggregate or grouped data. Individual survey responses will not be reported.  Infant feeding data including data from the survey is available at smdhu.org/HealthSTATS.

We use the information from the survey to understand how babies are fed in Simcoe Muskoka, factors that influence how babies are fed, and parents’ perspectives on programs and services. This information is used by the health unit and other partners to plan and improve programs, services, policies and practices to support families with feeding their babies
Please contact: 
SMDHU’s Health Connection, 
(705)721-7520, Toll-Free 1-(877)721-7520, or by email: www.smdhu.org/healthconnection
Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.

Information and help with feeding your baby is available every day, anytime - 24/7.

Information:

Help:

  • Talk to a local public health nurse by phone 1-705-721-7520 or 1-877-721-7520 or email Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
  • Contact Health811 24hours/7 days a week by phone or online health811
  • Join a breastfeeding support group www.smdhu.org/BreastfeedingSupportGroups
  • Contact your health care provider
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