BACKGROUND: Routine primary care data may be a valuable resource for preconception health research and to inform the provision of preconception care. AIM: To review how primary care data could provide information on the prevalence of preco…
INTRODUCTION: There is growing scientific and policy recognition that optimising health before a potential pregnancy (preconception health) improves reproductive outcomes and the lifelong health of future children. However, public awareness…
Objective: To evaluate the implementation of the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy (LMUP) in antenatal care. Design: Mixed methods evaluation of a pilot. Setting: Antenatal care at University College London Hospital and Homerton Hospita…
BACKGROUND: Extended use of the combined oral contraceptive pill (COC), defined as taking active pills for at least 28 days, has been used in order to avoid bleeding at important times and to treat gynaecological conditions such as endometr…
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to determine attitudes to, and provision of, extended regimens for taking the combined oral contraceptive pill (COC) by specialist contraception practitioners from three contrasting specialist contr…