title: The emerging role of adoption reunion registries: adoptee and birthparent views.
abstract: Since the 1980s, government-sponsored adoption reunion registries have emerged as key access points for individuals separated by adoption to secure information and initiate efforts to be reunited with their birth-families. Despite the prevalence of such registries, little information is available about their operational effectiveness. This article presents data from a survey of adult adoptees and birthparents who used the services of a statewide reunion registry.
authors.affiliation: Program Evaluation, Families First, Atlanta, GA, USA. fischer@po.cwru.edu
authors.forename: Robert L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Fischer
mesh_terms: D000300:Adoption / Q000523:psychology; D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D005845:Georgia; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D012042:Registries