 Solution

Because $f(D)$ avoids the closed negative real axis, its principal square root $g=\sqrt{f}$ is holomorphic, satisfies $g(0)=1$, and has $\mathrm{Re}g>0$. The Cayley transform between the half-plane and diskmaps the right half-plane into the unit disk and has $h(0)=0$. By Schwarz lemma, $|h(z)|\le |z|$. When $|z|\le 1/2$,Thusso one may take the universal constant $C=9$.