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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 vaccinesDTaP/IPV/Hib, BCG vaccine
Deciding to give my child MMR
Deciding not to give my child MMR
Reactions to DTaP/ IPV/ Hib, BCG vaccines
Reactions to the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine

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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 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 1-2 years >> Interview 33 >> An independent review of the literature in a drugs and therapeutic bulletin helped her to decide to give her son MMR.

For DTaP/IPV/Hib: Followed recommendations of health professionals. For MMR: She read an independent literature review published in a Drugs and Therapeutics Bulletin on studies examining the link between autism and MMR, which helped her to make a decision.

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