Abstract Background: Even with Ethiopia’s government’s efforts to improve, the country’s second-dose measles vaccination coverage rate remained incredibly low. There is no recent evidence regarding the determinants of dropout of second-dose measles vaccination in the study area. Objective: To identify the determinants of the dropout of second-dose measles vaccination among children aged 16–24 months in Central Ethiopia. Materials and Methods: A community-based unmatched case–control study design was conducted from May 14 to June 16, 2023 among 594 children. Binary logistic regression analysis was conducted. Results: Children born at home (adjusted odds ratio AOR =2.61), children of mothers who did not participate in the pregnant mother conference (AOR = 2.18), children of households that was not visited by health extension workers (AOR = 1.78), children for whom vaccination schedule postponed (AOR = 1.8), children of family who have no parent discussion (AOR = 1.67), and children of households which were not graduated as a model family (AOR = 1.62) had higher odds to dropout of second-dose measles vaccination. Conclusion: Improved pregnant mother conferences, more effective health worker home visits, community dialogs on measles vaccination, strict adherence to vaccination schedules, and expanded model family programs are crucial for increasing MCV2 coverage.
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