Maternal Health-Seeking Behaviour

Antenatal care was the strongest and most consistent maternal health-seeking predictor of complete measles vaccination. In the final model, children whose mothers attended antenatal care had 1.711 times the odds of completing measles vaccination compared with children whose mothers did not attend antenatal care. Institutional delivery was significantly associated with higher odds of complete measles vaccination in the final model. Postnatal care had a weaker borderline significant association with complete measles vaccination. Maternal and child health service contact points can support immunisation through counselling, newborn registration, trust-building, reminders, and follow-up.