Objective This study aimed to determine the prevalence and contributing factors of complete measles vaccination with key attention to maternal health-seeking behaviour. Design The study used secondary data from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS) 2017–2018, which was a cross-sectional study.
Setting Data extracted from the BDHS 2017–2018 dataset. It is the latest available nationally representative dataset containing measles vaccination data.
Outcome measures The study analysed participants’ sociodemographic characteristics, maternal health-seeking behaviour and measles vaccination coverage. Frequency distributions, χ 2 tests, and stepwise binary logistic regression analysis were performed.
Results The prevalence of complete (first dose at 9 months and second dose at 15 months or later) measles vaccination coverage was 80% among Bangladeshi children. Complete measles vaccination coverage was significantly higher among babies of mothers who had completed at least an antenatal visit (AOR 1.71, p<0.001), undergone an institutional delivery process (AOR 1.36, p=0.017), and completed at least one postnatal visit (AOR 1.27, p=0.050).
BMJ Open published a clinical update in Research Highlights on 06 Apr 2026.
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