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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