TY - JOUR T1 - Mothers’ decisions about MMR vaccination were framed by their children’s vulnerabilities and wider social trends JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 27 LP - 27 DO - 10.1136/ebn.9.1.27 VL - 9 IS - 1 A2 - , Y1 - 2006/01/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/9/1/27.abstract N2 - Poltorak M, Leach M, Fairhead J, et al. ‘MMR talk’ and vaccination choices: an ethnographic study in Brighton. Soc Sci Med 2005;61:709–19.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science Q How do mothers think and decide about measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccination for their infants?Ethnography.2 areas in Brighton and Hove, UK.23 mothers who had children <3 years of age and attended any of 5 different parent-toddler groups; 8 general practitioners (GPs) and 3 practice nurses; and 6 health visitors.Short informal group discussions and participant observation included 4–7 mothers attending 3 of the parent-toddler groups on a given day. 48 conversations were recorded, and 23 were developed into indepth narrative interviews lasting 1–2 hours. Interviews were transcribed and then summarised into 23 parent profiles with associated key themes and vaccination biographies. Themes were expanded and grouped in a working paper that was modified in consultation with a stakeholder advisory panel. GPs, nurses, and health visitors were interviewed together; 3 health visitors were also work-shadowed.Mothers’ narratives about MMR vaccination addressed personal histories, birth events, becoming a mother with other mothers, engaging with health professionals and government, understandings of … ER -