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Immunisation

  • Overview
  • Making decisions about immunisation
    • What is immunisation?
    • Why do we immunise?
    • Making the decision
  • Information for making decisions
    • What type of information do parents want?
    • Information from the media
    • Information from health professionals
    • Information from friends, family & other parents
    • Other information sources
    • Messages to health professionals
    • Messages to other parents
  • Considering risk?
    • Weighing up the risk
    • Parents' concerns about MMR
    • Parents' views of the diseases
    • Parents' attitudes to childhood immunisation
  • Experiences of immunisation
    • Deciding whether to give my child DTaP/IPV/Hib, Men C and pneumococcal vaccines
    • Deciding to give my child MMR (measles, mumps and rubella)
    • Deciding not to give my child MMR (measles, mumps and rubella)
    • Reactions to DTaP/ IPV/ Hib, BCG vaccines
    • Experiences of HPV vaccination
  • Reactions to the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine
    • No reactions to MMR
    • Mild or intermediate reactions to MMR
    • Severe or disputed reactions to MMR
  • People's Profiles
    • Youngest child's age under 1
    • Youngest child's age 1-2 years
    • Youngest child's age 3-4 years
    • Youngest child's age 5 years plus
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Immunisation

Profiles - Youngest child's age 3-4 years

Interview 11

At time of interview' married, one daughter, aged 5 years. Parent's occupation' Mother- Nursing Auxilary, Father- Plasterer. Ethnic background' White-British.

Interview 43

At time of interview' married, two sons, aged 14 years and 13 years. Parent's occupation' Mother- University Lecturer, Father- Health Professional. Ethnic background' White-British.
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