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• Pregnancy & children >> Immunisation >> Youngest child's age 1-2 years >> Interview 35 >> Some Internet websites may not give the right amount of information and all the information available about the likelihood of side effects occurring f

For all immunisations: Her medical training and her experience of growing up in a third world country helped her to make decisions about her daughter's immunisations.

• Pregnancy & children >> Immunisation >> Youngest child's age 1-2 years >> Interview 12 >> Using the Internet to review research papers of scientific studies led them to decide that immunisation was not the right decision for their lactose i

For DTaP/IPV/Hib: Followed recommendations of health professionals for their son. For MMR and immunisations for their daughter: Conducted an extensive review of the literature and scientific studies using the Internet and talked to their GP and health visitor.

• Pregnancy & children >> Immunisation >> Youngest child's age 3-4 years >> Interview 18 >> Reading books and talking to other parents and health professionals is more helpful because the amount of information on the Internet can be overwhelm

For all immunisations: They used the Internet to search for research papers in medical journals, read books, talked to other parents about their decisions which were both pro and anti immunisation and talked to the midwife at their birth group and to their GP.

• Pregnancy & children >> Immunisation >> Youngest child's age 1-2 years >> Interview 25 >> She used the Internet to research single measles, mumps and rubella vaccines but it left her with more difficult choices.

For DTaP/IPV/Hib: Followed recommendations of health professionals. For MMR: Talked to friends who were doctors. Used the Internet to search for information. Were influenced by the prime minister's response to questioning about immunisation decisions for his son.

• Pregnancy & children >> Immunisation >> Youngest child's age 3-4 years >> Interview 09 >> You need to make sure you are informed, listen to professionals and read up.

For DTaP/IPV/Hib: Followed recommendations of health professionals. For MMR: Took advice from their GP. Talked to friends and her grandmother who could remember childhood illnesses before immunisation. She regarded media reports as largely biased and scaremongering.

• Pregnancy & children >> Immunisation >> Youngest child's age 1-2 years >> Interview 12 >> Be aware that different information sources have different agendas.

For DTaP/IPV/Hib: Followed recommendations of health professionals for their son. For MMR and immunisations for their daughter: Conducted an extensive review of the literature and scientific studies using the Internet and talked to their GP and health visitor.