title: Mumps, measles and rubella vaccination: a pragmatic study.
abstract: The acceptability, adverse effects and uptake of MMR vaccine were assessed in an open pragmatic study. 96.5% of parents chose vaccination with MMR rather than monocomponent measles. Few parents could correctly name a complication of mumps (40.4%), measles (21.7%) or rubella (25.3%). In the three weeks following vaccination, 15.9% of infants had local reactions, 26.4% had rashes, and 30.3% fever. There was no increase in uptake of measles vaccination during the study, but it led to improvements in programme organisation which subsequently boosted coverage.
authors.affiliation: Pontefract Health Authority, Ackton Hospital.
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Sutton
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004338:Drug Combinations; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008457:Measles / Q000150:complications; D008458:Measles Vaccine / Q000009:adverse effects; D022542:Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine; D009107:Mumps / Q000150:complications; D009108:Mumps Vaccine / Q000009:adverse effects; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D012411:Rubella Vaccine / Q000009:adverse effects; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D004338:Drug Combinations; D008458:Measles Vaccine; D022542:Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine; D009108:Mumps Vaccine; D012411:Rubella Vaccine