Abstract
■ This study sought to understand parents' experiences of deciding to have their child immunised.
■ A qualitative method was used, involving semi-structured interviews with a purposive sample of 13 parents.
■ Parents identified feelings associated with risk, including those of worry, fear, and responsibility.
■ Influences affecting their decision-making, and ways in which they received information on immunisation, were also identified.
■ Parents made suggestions for changes relating to information giving, discussion time, and the acknowledgement by professionals of parents' worry.
■ Following this study, discussion within the PHCT has resulted in a practice protocol and immunisation template.
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