We would like to thank the three parents’ associations and all the parents who participated in this study. We especially want to thank Marga G.M. Vintges, MSc, a member of the Association of Parents of Cot Death Children, for her contribution in reading the manuscript and providing commentary.
We also would like to acknowledge INTERREG Deutschland-Nederland, as the leading financer, and The Ministry for Youth and Families, Land NRW, Land Niedersachsen, University of Twente, University of Münster, TNO Child Health, Menzis Health Insurance, MKB Netherlands, Foundation ‘Kinderpostzegels’ Netherlands, Kassenärzliche Vereinigung NRW, and Lionsclub Hamaland for financially supporting this study as part of the SERRAFIM project.
Funding
Financial support from INTERREG, Euregio, and cofinancing from Ministry for Youth and Families, Land NRW, Land Niedersachsen, University of Twente, University of Münster, TNO Child Health, Menzis Health Insurance, MKB Netherlands, Foundation ‘Kinderpostzegels’ Netherlands, Kassenärztliche Vereinigung NRW and Lionsclub Hamaland.
Availability of data and materials
Due to data protection issues, data can not publicly shared. M. M. Boere-Boonekamp (third author) can be contacted for replication of the data analysis.
Authors’ contributions
SG, MLH, MB and AN all participated in the design of the study. SG and MB performed the analysis of the data. All authors have been involved in drafting and critically revising the manuscript. All authors ensured that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work were appropriately resolved. MLH was involved in the setup of the internet forum and gave input for the section of the background information. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Authors’ information
Sandra Gijzen is a Preventive Child Health Care physician and, since January 2010, also a PhD candidate at The Institute for Innovation and Governance Studies of the University of Twente, the Netherlands. Her interests include forensic medicine, which she has practiced for four years, child mortality and prevention.
Dr. Monique L’Hoir is a clinical educationist, mental health psychologist and psychotherapist and has worked in the Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital in Utrecht, the Netherlands, for 23 years. Her PhD was on cot death. Her interests include excessive crying, child abuse and prevention of obesity in children. Currently, she works as a senior researcher at TNO, Child Health, Leiden.
Dr. Magda Boere-Boonekamp, Preventive Child Health Care physician, is associate professor at the Institute for Innovation and Governance Studies at the University of Twente, the Netherlands. For 25 years she was a practising doctor in preventive child health care. In 1996 she gained her PhD on the subject: Screening for Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip. She is familiar and up-to-date with all developments in the field of YHC.
Prof. dr. Ariana Need is Professor of Sociology of Public Governance at the Institute for Innovation and Governance Studies, University of Twente, the Netherlands. She got a MA in Political Science at the University of Nijmegen. In 1997 she gained her PhD, which is titled: The Kindred Vote: Individual and family effects of social class and religion on electoral change in the Netherlands, 1956-1997. She is currently an associate member of Nuffield College, Oxford and a member of the social sciences council of the Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Consent for publication
Not applicable, because data are processed anonymous and can not be traced to individuals.
Ethics approval and consent to participate
The METC Twente (Medical Ethical Committee Twente) reviewed the project plan for ethical permission, but decided the study was not subject to the Medical Research Involving Human Subjects Act (WMO) (METC/11011.boe). Parents gave their consent to participate at the beginning of the online focus group discussion.