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Chapter VI. Research Analysis
The majority of articles and information presented in this paper reveal the downside
of the international adoption process. In order to gain further insight into a different
side of the inner workings of international adoption, the author interviewed adoption
directors from two different agencies specializing in overseas adoption. As
representatives and sincere advocates for the international adoption system, both
people provide an alternative perspective to the negative stigma surrounding this
widely debated topic.
Since the author’s interest in international adoption piqued after the airing of the
show featuring God’s Littlest Angels (GLA), it was the first organization contacted
for further research. Jean Bell, the GLA adoption director, was the first person
interviewed. Jean has been with the agency since the early years so her perspective is
an interesting one.
GLA began off simply as a team of people who were in the business of caring for
sick children in Port-au-Prince Haiti. In the beginning, GLA founders, John and
Dixie Bickel, took care of children whose parents could not afford medical care. The
Bickels brought their first baby home in 1994. The 1lb 15oz infant was not expected
to survive so John and wife, Dixie, a registered nurse, created a makeshift incubator
and nursed the baby to health. Baby Angel went home to her parents in 1995 (GLA
Canada). As more and more children came into their care, a plan was devised to find
loving homes for the children who could not return to their families. Jean recalled
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 61 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 49 Chapter VI. Research Analysis The majority of articles and information presented in this paper reveal the downside of the international adoption process. In order to gain further insight into a different side of the inner workings of international adoption, the author interviewed adoption directors from two different agencies specializing in overseas adoption. As representatives and sincere advocates for the international adoption system, both people provide an alternative perspective to the negative stigma surrounding this widely debated topic. Since the author’s interest in international adoption piqued after the airing of the show featuring God’s Littlest Angels (GLA), it was the first organization contacted for further research. Jean Bell, the GLA adoption director, was the first person interviewed. Jean has been with the agency since the early years so her perspective is an interesting one. GLA began off simply as a team of people who were in the business of caring for sick children in Port-au-Prince Haiti. In the beginning, GLA founders, John and Dixie Bickel, took care of children whose parents could not afford medical care. The Bickels brought their first baby home in 1994. The 1lb 15oz infant was not expected to survive so John and wife, Dixie, a registered nurse, created a makeshift incubator and nursed the baby to health. Baby Angel went home to her parents in 1995 (GLA Canada). As more and more children came into their care, a plan was devised to find loving homes for the children who could not return to their families. Jean recalled |
