Table 1 Participants in the focus groups
From: Parents' champions vs. vested interests: Who do parents believe about MMR? A qualitative study
Group number and brief description | Participants' pseudonyms (ages of children, vaccine status) |
|---|---|
G1 NCT group in affluent area | Trudie (girl 8 yrs/girl 7 mths, both complete) Violet (girl 2 yrs, partial) Mel (boy 4 yrs, complete/girl 15 mths, partial) |
G2 First time mothers | Joanne (boy 5 mths, complete) Elaine (girl 4 mths, complete) Louise (boy 5 mths, complete) Beathan (girl 6 mths, complete) |
G3 Ante-natal group with second time mothers | Sian (stepson 4 yrs, other/8 mths pregnant) Dawn (boy 4 yrs/boy 3 yrs, both partial) Ruth (boy 1 yr, complete) Beatrice (boy 18 mths, partial) Iona (boy 12 yrs/girl 7 yrs, girl 5 yrs/boy 3 yrs, all complete) |
G4 Low MMR uptake area in deprived area | Joan (girl 20 mths, complete) Sheila (girl 10 yrs/girl 3 yrs/boy 21 mths, all complete) Alan (boy 2 yrs, partial) |
G5 High uptake area in affluent area | Fiona (girl 6 yrs/boy 5 mths, both complete) Alison (boy 15 mths, partial) Lauren (boy 14 mths, partial) Cassie (girl 3 yrs/boy 9 mths, both complete) Karen (girl 7 yrs/girl 4 yrs/boy 4 mths, all complete) Anna (girl 7 yrs, complete/boy 4 yrs, partial/girl 3 yrs, partial/girl 14 mths partial) |
G6 Low MMR uptake area in deprived area | Cathy (girl 3 yrs/boy 2 yrs, both complete) Bob (boy 3 yrs/boy 7 mths, both complete) Ella (boy 5 yrs, partial) Helen (girl 4 yrs/boy 2 yrs, complete) |
G7 High MMR uptake area in deprived area | Tracy (boy 10 yrs/girl 4 yrs/girl 2 yrs, all complete) Samantha (boy 16 mths, complete) Lydia (boy 6 yrs, complete) Angie (boy 5 yrs/boy 18 mths, both complete) Mary (girl 5 yrs, complete) |
G8 Young single mothers living in deprived area | Kate (boy 2 yrs, complete) Margaret (boy 2 yrs, partial) Lisa (girl 23 mths, complete) Ann (boy 6 mths, complete) Lynne (boy 13 mths, complete) Natalie (boy 15 mths, complete) Ros (boy 20 mths, complete) Lucy (15 boy 11 wks, complete) |
G9 First-time mothers living in affluent area | Rhona (boy 11 wks, complete) Catrina (girl 11 wks, complete) Judith (girl 11 wks, complete) Charlotte (girl 5 mths, complete) Celia (girl 6 mths, complete) |
G10 Single fathers in deprived area | William (12 yrs,/girl 5 yrs, both complete) Kenny (boy 3 yrs other/boy 3 mths, complete) Robert (girl 17 yrs/boy 6 yrs, both complete) |
G11 Parents with multiple parenting problems in deprived area | Sheena (girl 7 yrs/boy 6 yrs/boy 2 yrs, all complete) Michelle (boy 2 yrs/girl 6 mths, both complete) Patsy (twin boys 2 yrs both complete/boy 2 mths too young), Frank (as far Patsy) |
G12 Single vaccine group (Parents who opted to immunise their child with separate measles, mumps and rubella vaccines) | Dave (girl 7 yrs complete/girl 21 mths, single) Jenny (boy 2 yrs, single) Joe (boy 2 yrs, single) |
G13 Parents who had rejected MMR | Sue (boy 6 yrs, complete/boy 4 yrs, partial/boy 13 mths, complete), Aleena (girl 5 yrs/girl 3 yrs/girl 5 mths, partial) Hannah (boy 4 yrs/boy 2 yrs, partial) |
G14 Parents who had rejected all immunisation | Molly (boy 5 yrs/boy 2 yrs) Kitty (boy 6 yrs/boy 4 yrs/boy 2 yrs) Lola (boy 6 yrs/boy 4 yrs/boy 2 yrs) Debbie (boy 5 yrs/boy 3 yrs/girl 23 mths/girl 4 wks) All none |
G15 Parents of an autistic child | Lesley (complete) Dianna & Jacqueline (partial) The precise ages of children omitted to protect their identity -all boys aged between 4 and 7 yrs) |
G16 Parents of an autistic child | Stella, Alison, Caroline (all partial) The precise ages of children omitted to protect their identity -all boys aged between 4 and 9 yrs) |
G17 Parents of an immunocompromised child | Sally (girl 9 yrs) Rebecca (girl 8 yrs) Pamela (girl 8 yrs) all complete |
G18 Parents of an immunocompromised child | Jill (girl 14 yrs), Cara (girl 8 years), Jessie (boy 16 yrs) all complete |