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• Pregnancy & children >> Immunisation >> Interview 42 >> A paediatrician explains how immunisation works.

A consultant paediatrician talks about immunisations.

• Pregnancy & children >> Immunisation >> Interview 42 >> A paediatrician talks about the UK immunisation programme.

A consultant paediatrician talks about immunisations.

• Pregnancy & children >> Immunisation >> Youngest child's age 1-2 years >> Interview 21 >> Objective information giving both the advantages and disadvantages of immunisation is needed.

For DTaP/IPV/Hib: Followed recommendations of health professionals. For MMR: Sought out information that was balanced and not biased towards only pro or anti immunisation arguments. Read books written by anthroposophical medical doctors, which influenced her decision.

• Pregnancy & children >> Immunisation >> Youngest child's age 1-2 years >> Interview 20 >> Parents should have access to the vaccine product insert sheets listing the side effects and contents of the vaccines.

For DTaP/IPV/Hib: Followed recommendations of health professionals for two eldest boys. For MMR: They followed recommendations of health professionals for two eldest boys. Reactions that their second son had to MMR, an extensive review of research papers in medical journals, and using the Internet to read about both pro and anti immunisation arguments helped them to make their decisions for their youngest son.

• Pregnancy & children >> Immunisation >> Youngest child's age 3-4 years >> Interview 09 >> Apart from being more tired than usual, her daughters experienced no reaction to their 2, 3 and 4 month old immunisations.

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 32 >> Her eldest son didn't have any reaction and her younger son was irritable and had a temperature for a day or two after his first set of immunisations.

For DTaP/IPV/Hib: Followed recommendations of health professionals. For MMR: Didn't feel the need to search widely for information but talked to her health visitor and read information in the media before making her decisions.

• Pregnancy & children >> Immunisation >> Youngest child's age 1-2 years >> Interview 02 >> Her son developed a swelling on his leg 48 hours after his injection which lasted two weeks.

For DTaP/IPV/Hib they followed recommendations of health professionals. For MMR: Read research papers in medical journals and talked to family members. Media reports and Department of Health literature had little influence on their decision.

• Pregnancy & children >> Immunisation >> Youngest child's age 3-4 years >> Interview 08 >> Her son had a febrile convulsion after his second set of immunisations.

For DTaP/IPV/Hib: Followed recommendations of health professionals. For MMR: Read information recommended by relatives which was both pro and anti immunisation, read NHS information leaflets, talked to her GP and to friends.

• Pregnancy & children >> Immunisation >> Youngest child's age under 1 >> Interview 17 >> Her daughter had swollen eyes eleven hours after her second set of injections at 3 months old.

For DTaP/IPV/Hib: After her daughter had a reaction to the second set of immunisations she took advice from her GP, a hospital consultant and a doctor friend. In addition she got a second opinion from a paediatric immuniologist, which helped her to make a decision.

• Pregnancy & children >> Immunisation >> Youngest child's age 3-4 years >> Interview 34 >> The environment in which immunisations are given and the timing of clinics can affect parent's decisions to return for future vaccinations.

For all immunisations: Trusted and followed the advice of her Orthodox Jewish GP. Took in to account her parent's views and the fact she had immunisations as a child. Information from family and friends in the local community also influenced her decision.

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• Pregnancy & children >> Immunisation >> Immunisation

Publication date: January 2006              Last updated: June 2011

Next review: June 2013

 

Childhood immunisation is available against a wide range of diseases. We interviewed 45 parents about their experiences of immunising their children. Select from the key topics below, choose from the full list of topics, or explore all the interviews.

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• Pregnancy & children >> Immunisation >> Parents' attitudes to childhood immunisation >> Parents' attitudes to childhood immunisation

Parents' Attitudes to Childhood Immunisation

• Pregnancy & children >> Immunisation >> Immunisation

Publication date: January 2006              Last updated: June 2011

Next review: June 2013

 

Childhood immunisation is available against a wide range of diseases. We interviewed 45 parents about their experiences of immunising their children. Select from the key topics below, choose from the full list of topics, or explore all the interviews.

• Pregnancy & children >> Immunisation >> Youngest child's age under 1 >> Interview 14 >> She believed in being socially responsible but had she thought there was any risk to her child, she would not have immunised.

For DTaP/IPV/Hib: Found it most useful to talk to friends who had already made decisions about their children's immunisations. Took on board recommendations of health professionals.

• Pregnancy & children >> Immunisation >> Youngest child's age 1-2 years >> Interview 32 >> There is no need for children to suffer these diseases when immunisations are available to prevent them.

For DTaP/IPV/Hib: Followed recommendations of health professionals. For MMR: Didn't feel the need to search widely for information but talked to her health visitor and read information in the media before making her decisions.

• Pregnancy & children >> Immunisation >> Interview 42 >> A paediatrician talks about the UK immunisation programme.

A consultant paediatrician talks about immunisations.

• Pregnancy & children >> Immunisation >> What is immunisation? >> What is immunisation?

What is immunisation?