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Peer reviewedAdlard, Carole R. – Adoption Quarterly, 1999
Details creation of Adoption Option, Inc., a public adoption agency founded in 1986 in Ohio. Highlights three program areas of agency's mission: (1) training for those who assist pregnant women/teens with unplanned pregnancies; (2) educational programs for school-based health curricula; and (3) media initiative to convey accurate information about…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adoption, Adoptive Parents, Biological Parents
Peer reviewedWinpisinger, Kim A.; And Others – American Journal of Public Health, 1991
Examines risk factors for childhood homicides using data for Ohio-born children less than eight years of age killed between 1979 and 1986. Among the factors increasing risks were low birthweight, being Black, and having a mother who was teenage, unwed, or not a high school graduate. Other supports in the child's environment may reduce these risks.…
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Blacks, Children, Disadvantaged Environment
