Adoption WisdomCard™
Our Guides and Physician Review team have organized the Top 10 Health Resources on Adoption and compiled helpful research notes below.
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- Adoption - Adopt a Baby Infant or Child - Get Help with Adoptions & Teen Unplanned Pregnancy (1 nomination)www.adoptionnetwork.com
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Research Notes on Adoption
Adoption is the legal act of permanently placing a child with a parent or parents other than the birth (or "biological") mother or father. After the finalization of an adoption, there is no legal difference between adopted children and those born to the parents.
Fast Facts:
- In the USA, the number of children awaiting adoption has held steady in recent years, hovering between 133,000 to 129,000 during the period 2002 to 2006.
- Adoption can sometimes cost tens of thousands of dollars.
- Most adopted children, including those previously in foster care or foreign orphanages, adjust well and develop few problems.
- Not telling children they were adopted can hurt them later. Children adjust best if told at or before age 7.
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Latest Headlines on Adoption
What is Adoption?
What are the Benefits and Reasons For Adoption?
- Wikipedia: Reasons for Adoption
- American Pregnancy Association: Benefits of Adoption
- India Parenting: 10 Beautiful Reasons for Adopting a Child
What are the Types of Adoption?
- Wikipedia: Open and Closed Adoptions | Types of Adoptions | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgender Adoptions
- Child Welfare Information Gateway: Types of Adoption | Foster Parents Considering Adoption | Adopting Children with Developmental Disabilities
- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services: Intercountry Adoptions
- American Pregnancy Association: Types of Adoptions
What are Some Statistics of Adoption?
- Wikipedia: Adoption Numbers
- Administration for Children & Families: Adoption and Foster Care Statistics | Children in Public Foster Care Waiting to be Adopted: FY 1999 thru FY 2006
What are Some Issues of Adoption?
- Wikipedia: Issues for Adoptive Families | Cultural Variations
- Child Welfare: Preparing and Supporting Children and Youth
- HealthDay (via Medline Plus): Adopted Children at Slightly Higher Mental Health Risk (May 05, 2008)
Reuniting Birth Parents and Adoptees
- Child Welfare Information Network: Search and Reunion | Searching for Birth Relatives
- Wikipedia: Adoption Reunion Registry
- Adoption.com: Reunion Registry
Wisdom, Blogs, and Message Boards about Adoption
- About.com: Adoption
- iVillage: Adoption
- Adoption.com: Adoption Message Boards
- Adoption Blog: Journey to Adopt a Child From China
- Adoption Story: International Adoption
Foundations and Support Groups on Adoption
- National Adoption Foundation: Official Site
- American World Adoption Association: Official Site
- Center for Adoption Support and Education: Official Site
Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Adoption
- Oxford Journals: Medical Journal Articles on Adoption
- New England Journal of Medicine: Medical Journal Articles on Adoption
- PubMed Central: Medical Journal Articles on Adoption
- JAMA: Medical Journal Articles on Adoption
- Google Scholar: Medical Articles on Adoption
Clinical Trials on Adoption
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Clinical Trials on Adoption
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- Contributor: Jacky Gamble
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 14, 2009
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Meet our contributors and reviewers
- Contributor: Jacky Gamble
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Adopt, Adopting a baby, Older Child Adoption, Gay Adoption, Lesbian Adoption, International Adoption, Adopting Overseas, Overseas Adoption
- Last update: Jun. 25, 2008
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.