Beliefs underlying UK parents' views towards MMR promotion interventions: a qualitative study

Benjamin Gardner; Anna Davies; John McAteer; Susan Michie

doi:10.1080/13548501003623963

Beliefs underlying UK parents' views towards MMR promotion interventions: a qualitative study

Benjamin Gardner, Anna Davies, John McAteer, Susan Michie

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This study sought to extract underlying beliefs towards measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccination from UK parents' views towards potential motivational and organisational interventions to boost MMR vaccination. Thematic analysis of transcripts of five focus groups identified five underlying psychological themes: parents' information needs, distrust of government sources, trust of other parents, attentional biases towards risk information and problems of achieving "balance" in MMR information provision. These are likely to represent important psychological barriers to or facilitators of the effectiveness of MMR promotion interventions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	220-30
Number of pages	11
Journal	Psychology, Health and Medicine
Volume	15
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/13548501003623963
Publication status	Published - Mar 2010

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Adolescent
Adult
Attitude to Health
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Focus Groups
Great Britain
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Health Promotion
Humans
Immunization, Secondary
Infant
Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine
Middle Aged
Parents
State Medicine
Young Adult

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