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.
Participants The sample comprised 2651 children aged 15 - 59 months in Bangladesh. Outcome measures The study analysed participants' sociodemographic characteristics, maternal health-seeking behaviour and measles vaccination coverage.
Frequency distributions, 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 Conclusions The study recommends strengthening the complete measles vaccination coverage in Bangladesh, which is still behind the target.
BMJ Open published a clinical update in Research Highlights on 06 Apr 2026.
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