User Views and Experiences of Post-Adoption Services: A Study of a Regional Post-Adoption Agency
This article reports a collaborative study of users of West Midlands Post Adoption Service. Nearly all had approached other sources of help first. Most rated the service positively and described changes they attributed to its support. The analysis identified issues concerning publicity, access and further service provision.
Limitations: Findings concern users of one agency and combine different groups affected by adoption, including adoptees. They should not be read as solely adoptee views or as evidence that the service caused improvements. The article reports the same doctoral project as Harris’s 2003 thesis and overlaps later subgroup papers. The research was a collaboration between the University of Warwick and West Midlands Post Adoption Service, whose services were being evaluated. The service is listed as a sponsor of the doctorate. Readers may take this institutional relationship into account.
- Research type
- Mixed-methods service evaluation
- Source reviewed
- Abstract
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Age group
- Mixed
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: Mixed
Adoption context: Domestic / transracial adoption
Programme: Harris post-adoption service-user research
Institutional context: Adoption-sector service evaluation
The research was a collaboration between the University of Warwick and West Midlands Post Adoption Service, whose services were being evaluated. The service is listed as a sponsor of the doctorate. Readers may take this institutional relationship into account.
Relationship identified. Bibliographic relationships are not a bias or safety rating.
Topics: Access to services, adoptee voice, post-adoption support, service evaluation
Review scope: Source checked: Abstract. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: England (West Midlands)
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- Adoptee involvement
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