Factors affecting adoption in Wales: Predictors of variation in time between entry to care and adoptive placement
Researchers analysed adoption reports for 374 children placed for adoption in Wales during thirteen months in 2014–2015. Longer time between entering care and adoptive placement was associated with developmental delay, behavioural difficulties, enduring health problems or disability, and exposure to domestic violence. The procedural factors examined were not associated with time to placement.
Limitations: Uses professional case-file reports rather than children’s own accounts. Includes children eventually placed for adoption and does not describe all children awaiting placement. Associations do not show which factor caused delays. 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. The Wales Adoption Cohort Study received funding from Health and Care Research Wales, a Welsh Government body. Funding does not by itself establish government commissioning or an adoption-service affiliation.
- Research type
- Case-file analysis
- Source reviewed
- Abstract
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Age group
- Children
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: Children
Adoption context: Adoption from care
Programme: Wales Adoption Cohort Study
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. The Wales Adoption Cohort Study received funding from Health and Care Research Wales, a Welsh Government body. Funding does not by itself establish government commissioning or an adoption-service affiliation.
Relationship identified. Bibliographic relationships are not a bias or safety rating.
Topics: administrative data, age at adoption, longitudinal, physical health, placement outcomes, UK research, violence
Review scope: Source checked: Abstract. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: Wales, United Kingdom
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