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adoption. In 2000, 1.5 percent of children in the United States were adopted according
to the U.S. Census yet almost 30,000 foreign-born children entered the country the year
before (Table 1). According to the British Association for Adoption and Fostering, only
10 percent of the 3,200 adoptees in Great Britain in 2009 were born in other countries
(Dempsey, 2010). Almost 13,000 children were brought to the United States through
adoption that same year (Table 3). Still, the number of children waiting to be adopted in
the U.S. has declined only slightly over the last decade. In 2002, there were 133,000
children in the system and in 2009 the number had only decreased to 115,000 (U.S. Dept.
of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families). According to
the latest numbers, there are 463,000 American children living in foster care – 123,000 of
them are available for adoption.
Object Description
| Title | Babies without borders: exploring perceptions of international adoption |
| Author | Roberts, Nicole Marie |
| Author email | n.roberts@ymail.com; simplynicolemarie@yahoo.com |
| Degree | Master of Arts |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Strategic Public Relations |
| School | Annenberg School for Communication |
| Date defended/completed | 2011-03-31 |
| Date submitted | 2011 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2011-05-03 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Floto, Jennifer D. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Lynch, Brenda Thorson, Kjerstin |
| Abstract | International adoption is an incredibly complex and hotly debated issue. In an effort to understand the roots of the system, the author delves deep into the history of adoption and the transition to international adoption in the United States while examining the perceptions of the system today.; Using public relations techniques, the author offers communication-based recommendations that will help mitigate any stigma so that international adoptions continue without the negative undertones that are often associated with the idea of adopting from another country. |
| Keyword | adoption; international adoption |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA; Greece; Korea; Vietnam; Guatemala; Romania; USSR; China |
| Coverage date | 1939/2009 |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m3877 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Roberts, Nicole Marie |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Roberts-4524 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume26/etd-Roberts-4524.pdf |
Description
| Title | Page 28 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 16 adoption. In 2000, 1.5 percent of children in the United States were adopted according to the U.S. Census yet almost 30,000 foreign-born children entered the country the year before (Table 1). According to the British Association for Adoption and Fostering, only 10 percent of the 3,200 adoptees in Great Britain in 2009 were born in other countries (Dempsey, 2010). Almost 13,000 children were brought to the United States through adoption that same year (Table 3). Still, the number of children waiting to be adopted in the U.S. has declined only slightly over the last decade. In 2002, there were 133,000 children in the system and in 2009 the number had only decreased to 115,000 (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families). According to the latest numbers, there are 463,000 American children living in foster care – 123,000 of them are available for adoption. |
