scholarly journals Does International Child Sponsorship Work? A Six-Country Study of Impacts on Adult Life Outcomes

2013 ◽  
Vol 121 (2) ◽  
pp. 393-436 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce Wydick ◽  
Paul Glewwe ◽  
Laine Rutledge
Keyword(s):  
Adult Life ◽  
Life Outcomes ◽  
International Child ◽  
Country Study ◽  
Child Sponsorship

scholarly journals Stature, Skills and Adult Life Outcomes: Evidence from Indonesia

2016 ◽  
Vol 53 (6) ◽  
pp. 873-890 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olivier Bargain ◽  
Jinan Zeidan
Keyword(s):  
Adult Life ◽  
Life Outcomes

Genetic and Environmental Influences on Adult Life Outcomes: Evidence from the Texas Adoption Project

2007 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 463-476 ◽  
Author(s):  
John C. Loehlin ◽  
Joseph M. Horn ◽  
Jody L. Ernst
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Influences ◽  
Adult Life ◽  
Life Outcomes

Adopting Revolution: The Chinese Communist Revolution and the Politics of Global Humanitarianism

Modern China ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 009770042093799
Author(s):  
Jack Neubauer
Keyword(s):  
Foster Parents ◽  
Chinese Children ◽  
Personal Relationships ◽  
Child Welfare Workers ◽  
International Child ◽  
Private Citizens ◽  
Communist Revolution ◽  
Welfare Workers ◽  
Child Sponsorship

During the tumultuous period surrounding the Chinese Communist revolution of 1949, Chinese children wrote thousands of letters to foreign “foster parents” as part of a humanitarian fundraising program called the “adoption plan” for international child sponsorship. Under the adoption plan, private citizens around the world “adopted” Chinese children by funding their lives at orphanages in China while building personal relationships through the exchange of photographs, gifts, and translated letters. This article uses the case study of the Foster Parents Plan for War Children China Branch to examine how Chinese child welfare workers mobilized the sentimental ties between children and foster parents to secure international support for the revolution. Based on 490 extant letters sent by Chinese children to their foreign foster parents, it analyzes how the adoption plan became a centerpiece of efforts to transform inherited humanitarian practices to meet the new ideological and material needs of the Chinese Communist revolution.

Best Practices in Transition to Adult Life for Youth With Intellectual Disabilities

2013 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 136-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clare K. Papay ◽  
Linda M. Bambara
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
Postsecondary Education ◽  
Adult Life ◽  
Parent Expectations ◽  
Life Outcomes ◽  
Postschool Outcomes ◽  
High Expectations ◽  
Transition Study ◽  
National Longitudinal Transition Study

A number of best practices are recommended by researchers and professionals in the field of transition to improve postschool outcomes for youth with intellectual disabilities. This study analyzed data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 to examine whether best practices are predictive of postschool outcomes. The combination of five best practices was found to significantly predict employment, postsecondary education, and enjoyment of life outcomes after controlling for characteristics. In these analyses, parent expectations for employment and postsecondary education were some of the strongest predictors of postschool success. Although this study had several limitations, these findings suggest that best practices may be predictive of postschool success and highlight the importance of having high expectations for all youth.

scholarly journals Placental Dysfunction in Assisted Reproductive Pregnancies: Perinatal, Neonatal and Adult Life Outcomes

2022 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 659
Author(s):  
Claudio Manna ◽  
Valentina Lacconi ◽  
Giuseppe Rizzo ◽  
Antonino De Lorenzo ◽  
Micol Massimiani
Keyword(s):  
Metabolic Diseases ◽  
Placenta Previa ◽  
Adult Life ◽  
Trophoblast Invasion ◽  
Embryo Cryopreservation ◽  
Life Outcomes ◽  
Local Conditions ◽  
Newborn Outcomes ◽  
Embryo Cultures ◽  
Clinical Conditions

Obstetric and newborn outcomes of assisted reproductive technology (ART) pregnancies are associated with significative prevalence of maternal and neonatal adverse health conditions, such as cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. These data are interpreted as anomalies in placentation involving a dysregulation of several molecular factors and pathways. It is not clear which extent of the observed placental alterations are the result of ART and which originate from infertility itself. These two aspects probably act synergically for the final obstetric risk. Data show that mechanisms of inappropriate trophoblast invasion and consequent altered vascular remodeling sustain several clinical conditions, leading to obstetric and perinatal risks often found in ART pregnancies, such as preeclampsia, fetal growth restriction and placenta previa or accreta. The roles of factors such as VEGF, GATA3, PIGF, sFLT-1, sEndoglin, EGFL7, melatonin and of ART conditions, such as short or long embryo cultures, trophectoderm biopsy, embryo cryopreservation, and supraphysiologic endometrium preparation, are discussed. Inflammatory local conditions and epigenetic influence on embryos of ART procedures are important research topics since they may have important consequences on obstetric risk. Prevention and treatment of these conditions represent new frontiers for clinicians and biologists involved in ART, and synergic actions with researchers at molecular levels are advocated.

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