Releasing pre-adoption birth records: a survey of Oregon adoptees
Adult adoptees who obtained original birth records after Oregon opened access were studied. Common motivations included finding birth parents and obtaining medical information; many received less information than expected, but most still considered the records useful.
Limitations: One US state and early users of a newly opened records system.
- Research type
- Survey and records analysis
- Source reviewed
- Full text
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Age group
- Adults
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: Adults
Adoption context: Domestic adoption
Programme: Not recorded
Institutional context: No relationship identified in the material checked
No adoption-sector organisational relationship identified in the bibliographic material screened. This is not confirmation of institutional independence; affiliations, funding and conflicts were not comprehensively audited.
Bibliographic screening. Bibliographic relationships are not a bias or safety rating.
Topics: adult adoptees, medical history, original birth certificate, records, search, United States
Review scope: Source checked: Full text. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: United States
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- Funder role
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- Declared conflicts
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- Recruitment
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- Adoptee involvement
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