Intercountry adoption

Intercountry adoption: a need for mandatory medical screening.

"That was then, but this is now": historical perspectives on intercountry adoption and domestic child adoption in Australian public policy.

This paper brings historical perspectives to bear on the ambivalent and contradictory position of adoption in Australian public policy. It examines the divergent histories of Australian domestic and intercountry adoption (ICA) since the mid-1970s and the impact of these histories on adoption policy in Australia. It identifies tendencies in contemporary ICA to repeat elements of pre-reform era d...

The History of the Subsidiarity Principle in the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption

Recognizing that intercountry adoption may offer the advantage of a permanent family to a child for whom a suitable family cannot be found in his or her State of origin... An adoption within the scope of the Convention shall take place only if the competent authorities of the State of origin -... b) have determined, after possibilities for placement of the child within the State of origin have ...

Intercountry adoptions: medical aspects for the whole family.

In the United States, the number of intercountry adoptions has steadily increased in the past 15 years. Healthcare providers should understand the medical aspects of such adoptions in order to better advise families and aid them in making an informed decision when adopting a foreign-born child. Pretravel consultation is addressed, including immunizations, safety issues, and how to create a pers...

Tropics, income, and school life expectancy: an intercountry study

Using UNESCO’s recent data, the effects of a country’s income and ‘tropicality’ on ‘school life expectancy’ are explored. While the effect of income is, as expected, positive and substantial, the distance from the equator, which is a measure of the country’s tropicality, is also important. Two additional points are noted. First, the effect of tropicality, relative to that of income, is larger i...