The London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy (LMUP)                

Partners
There have been a number of occasions where the LMUP has been adapted for administration to women's partners.


Evaluated versions of the LMUP for women's partners

Chichewa (Malawi)

English (United Kingdom)


Publications featuring a version of the LMUP for partners

Dr Tistan Carter of University of Technology Sydney and colleagues from University of Southampton, UK used the partner version of the LMUP in an exploration of preconception health among male partners of pregnant women:

Carter T, Schoenaker D, Adams J, Steel A. 2025 Pregnancy intention, preconception health, health behaviours, and information and health advice seeking among expectant male partners BMC Primary Care 26:36 Abstract and pdf

Carter T, Schoenaker D, Adams J, Steel A. 2025 Preconception health beliefs and intentions predict behaviours among expectant male partners: a cross-sectional study Archives of Public Health Health 83:182 Abstract and pdf

 

A UK Department of Health funded study on pre-pregnancy health and care, led by Prof. Judith Stephenson at Institute for Women's Health, UCL, has used a partner version of the LMUP.

Barrett G, Hall JA, Howden B, Patel D, Shawe J, Stephenson J. 2020 Evaluation of the psychometric properties of a version of the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy for women's partners International Journal of Men's Social and Community Health 3;1:e65-e77 Abstract and full pdf

Shawe J, Patel D, Joy M, Howden B, Barrett G, Stephenson J. 2019 Preparation for fatherhood: a survey of men's preconception health knowledge and behaviour in England PloS ONE 14(3): e0213897 Abstract

 

Dr Sara Yeatman and colleagues carried out a study of child and parental health in Malawi, using the LMUP, including a version for partners.

Yeatman S, Smith-Greenaway E. 2018 Birth planning and women's and men's health in Malawi Studies in Family Planning 6;3:213-235 Abstract

Yeatman S, and Smith-Greenaway E. 2016 The relationship between pregnancy plannedness and parental and child health in Malawi Contraception 94(4):424 Abstract

 

A Swedish study of antenatal clinic attenders used a partner version of the LMUP in its data collection:

Bodin M, Stern J, Folkmarson L, Tyden T, Larsson M. 2015 Coherence of pregnancy planning within couples expecting a child Midwifery 31;10:973-978 Abstract

 

Suzanne Cater and Lester Coleman PhD of the Trust for the Study of Adolescence carried out a study, funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, of 'planned' pregnancy among teenagers. A partner version of the LMUP, using items 1‐5, was used as a screening questionnaire to identify potential interviewees.

Cater S, Coleman L. 2006 'Planned' Teenage Pregnancy: Perspectives of young parents from disadvantaged backgrounds. Bristol: Policy Press Abstract and full pdf

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