Background There has been a great deal of concern about the mental health of women whose pregnancies involve miscarriage, termination of a pregnancy (ToP), child death or where a child has been given up for adoption. Despite this concern there has been remarkably little population-based research which has addressed the long-term consequences of pregnancy loss and child death. This study investi...

OBJECTIVE The objective of the present study was to gain an understanding of the organizational characteristics and processes in two child-care centres that may influence adoption of the Alberta Nutrition Guidelines for Children and Youth (ANGCY). DESIGN In-depth qualitative case studies. Data were collected through direct observations, key informant interviews and field notes. Diffusion of I...

This investigation examined the mutual influences between structured parenting and child social wariness during toddlerhood using a longitudinal adoption design. The sample consisted of 361 adoption-linked families, each including an adopted child, adoptive parents, and a birth mother. Heightened social wariness in children at age 18 months predicted reduced levels of observed structured parent...

This study compares the experience of gaining a child through birth, adoption, or marriage, extending the focus of investigation beyond biological parenthood and the transition made by first-time parents. Using a subsample from the National Survey of Families and Households (N= 204), we compared reasons for having children, parental well-being, family relationships, and work roles among parents...

Breastfeeding an adopted child has previously been discussed as something that is nice to do but without potential for significant benefit. This paper reviews the evidence in physiological and behavioural research, that breastfeeding can play a significant role in developing the attachment relationship between child and mother. As illustrated in the case studies presented, in instances of adopt...

In India, countless children are reported missing every year. Among the child cases, a large percentage of remain untraced. The enhancement identification is adoption from remaining database after period (like using pattern matching algorithm or other) Child welfare Centre responsible for checking parent's authenticity. Adoption customers, logging in to parents, registered parents have fill sam...

The public sector plays an important role in promoting child health information technology. Public sector support is essential in 5 main aspects of child health information technology, namely, data standards, pediatric functions in health information systems, privacy policies, research and implementation funding, and incentives for technology adoption. Some innovations in health information tec...

W HERE A WILL CONTAINS A GIFT to the "children" of a named person, a question of construction arises with regard to the right of an adopted child to participate in the distribution.' Where recognized, this right has been upheld on either or both of two grounds: (a) that the testator intended that he share in the gift,2 or (b) that adoption legally vested him with the status of a natural child. ...

Foster care and adoption by gay men and lesbians is not a new phenomenon. Children and youth have always been placed by states and public agencies in homes with gay and lesbian parents. Some gay men and lesbians have fostered or adopted children independently from private agencies or have made private adoption arrangements with individual birthmothers, while others have fostered or adopted thro...