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• Pregnancy & children >> Immunisation >> Youngest child's age 1-2 years >> Interview 24 >> It's important to help to reduce the incidence of measles to protect pregnant women.

For DTaP/IPV/Hib: Followed recommendations of health professionals. For MMR: Took advice from her son's Paediatrician. Information from a television documentary had an influence. Discussion with other mums of premature babies helped her to make a decision.

• Pregnancy & children >> Immunisation >> Interview 42 >> A paediatrician talks about why we immunise babies and young children.

A consultant paediatrician talks about immunisations.

• Pregnancy & children >> Immunisation >> Youngest child's age 3-4 years >> Interview 30 >> More children in her local area have had measles and mumps, which she believes could have been prevented.

For all immunisations: Followed recommendations from health visitor. Experience of her daughter's immunisations influenced her immunisation decisions for her son.

• Pregnancy & children >> Immunisation >> Youngest child's age 1-2 years >> Interview 40 >> Believed the risk of a side effect from MMR was small and she didn't want her son to be ill when it could be prevented.

For DTaP/IPV/Hib: Information in the media influenced her decision. For MMR: Talking with friends who had children was helpful. Gathered information from the newspapers and the Internet.

• Pregnancy & children >> Immunisation >> Youngest child's age 1-2 years >> Interview 20 >> Believe the diseases can have unpleasant symptoms and dangerous complications but feel that the government tries to frighten people in to taking up th

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 1-2 years >> Interview 24 >> It's important to help to reduce the incidence of measles to protect pregnant women.

For DTaP/IPV/Hib: Followed recommendations of health professionals. For MMR: Took advice from her son's Paediatrician. Information from a television documentary had an influence. Discussion with other mums of premature babies helped her to make a decision.

• Pregnancy & children >> Immunisation >> Interview 42 >> A paediatrician talks about why we immunise babies and young children.

A consultant paediatrician talks about immunisations.

• Pregnancy & children >> Immunisation >> Youngest child's age 5 years plus >> Interview 11 >> It is important to consider the long-term implications of not immunising your children.

For DTaP/IPV/Hib: Followed recommendations of health professionals. For MMR: Gathered information from the media and talked to other mums at playgroup and to their health visitor. Advice from their GP helped them to make a decision.

• Pregnancy & children >> Immunisation >> Youngest child's age 1-2 years >> Interview 32 >> Her relative was very unwell with measles when he was a child and she feels that her own children should be protected through immunisation.

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 under 1 >> Interview 10 >> She preferred to nurse her children through any of the diseases and chose not to immunise her children.

For DTP/IPV/Hib: Followed recommendations of health professionals for her first child. For further immunisations: Read leaflets given to her by her homeopath, read books and talked to her health visitor and GP. Gathered some information from the media but was aware that it may be biased to a specific perspective.

• Pregnancy & children >> Immunisation >> Youngest child's age 5 years plus >> Interview 43 >> Thought it was important not to scare parents in to having the immunisations but it was also important not to underestimate how serious these diseases

For all immunisations: His medical training helped him to make immunisation decisions for his children.

• Pregnancy & children >> Immunisation >> Youngest child's age 1-2 years >> Interview 12 >> Feels more comfortable with the risk that her children may catch measles than immunising against it.

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 1-2 years >> Interview 22 >> In her work as a community paediatrician, she has seen children with some of these diseases.

For all immunisations: Her medical training helped her to make immunisation decisions for her son.

• Pregnancy & children >> Immunisation >> Youngest child's age 1-2 years >> Interview 01 >> When there was a measles outbreak in her daughter's nursery she was relieved to have finally decided to get her MMR done.

For DTP/IPV/Hib: Followed the recommendations of health professionals. Reading newspapers and magazine articles, talking to their GP, a private doctor and to friends helped her to make her decision about MMR.