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International adoption: what is fact, what is fiction, and what is the future?Dana E Johnson
Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, International Adoption Clinic, University of Minnesota Children s Hospital, MMC 211, 420 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Pediatr Clin North Am 52:1221-46, v. 2005..Concerns center in two broad areas: sensitivity toward preservation of family and culture and whether the process has sufficient integrity to act in the best interests of children and birth parents...
Adoption and the effect on children's developmentDana E Johnson
Mayo Mail Code 211, 420 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Early Hum Dev 68:39-54. 2002..For children suffering severe neglect or abuse in early life, an adoptive family is a remarkable environment for healing emotional and physical trauma and reversing developmental deficits...
Growth and associations between auxology, caregiving environment, and cognition in socially deprived Romanian children randomized to foster vs ongoing institutional careDana E Johnson
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, 420 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 164:507-16. 2010..To determine effects of improved nurturing compared with institutional care on physical growth and to investigate the association between growth and cognitive development...
Determinants of catch-up growth in international adoptees from eastern europeBradley S Miller
Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Int J Pediatr Endocrinol 2010:107252. 2010..In summary, most adoptees demonstrate excellent CUG within six months after adoption. If growth failure persists after 6 months of appropriate caloric intake, nutrition-independent causes should be considered...
Adoption as an intervention for institutionally reared children: HPA functioning and developmental statusMaria G Kroupina
International Adoption Medicine Program, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, 717 Delaware St SE, Mail Code 1932, Minneapolis, MN 55414, United States
Infant Behav Dev 35:829-37. 2012..Future work should investigate whether disturbance in the HPA system is a heightened risk for long-term negative developmental outcomes...
The International Adoption Project: population-based surveillance of Minnesota parents who adopted children internationallyWendy L Hellerstedt
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Matern Child Health J 12:162-71. 2008..To conduct the first population-based surveillance in the United States of parents who adopted children from countries outside of the United States...
Auxological evaluation and determinants of growth failure at the time of adoption in Eastern European adopteesBradley S Miller
Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 22:31-9. 2009..To identify factors contributing to growth failure in international adoptees (IAs) from Eastern Europe...
Iron deficiency in international adoptees from Eastern EuropeAnita J Fuglestad
Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Child Development, International Adoption Program, Center for Neurobehavioral Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
J Pediatr 153:272-7. 2008..To assess iron deficiency (ID) in international adoptees after adoption...
