The London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy (LMUP)              

Introduction
This website provides information about the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy (LMUP), a psychometrically-validated measure of pregnancy planning/intention developed by Geraldine Barrett and colleagues. Originally developed in the UK, the LMUP has now been validated for use in countries across the world. The main publications are from 2002 onwards. Technical information about the LMUP is provided on this website (essentially ‘the LMUP handbook’) and is continually updated.

LATEST NEWS

An update to the UK LMUP has been published:

Barrett G, Nolan EM, Gürtin ZB, Stephenson J, Hall JA. 2020 London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy and newer family forms: an update Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health Online first Preprint Further information

An evaluation of the LMUP for women's partners has been published:

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

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