Medical Problems of Foreign-Born Adopted Children

Intercountry Adoption: Implications for Adoption Agencies and Medical Advisers

“…These findings are similar to those of and Jenista and Chapman (1987), emphasising the need for a thorough screening evaluation for medical problems which may adversely affect their health and development. Johnson et al (1992) concluded that Romanian adoptees were an extraordinarily high-risk paediatric group, having found that only ten per cent of children over 12 months were developmentally normal.…”

Intercountry Adoption: Implications for Adoption Agencies and Medical Advisers

“…These findings are similar to those of and Jenista and Chapman (1987), emphasising the need for a thorough screening evaluation for medical problems which may adversely affect their health and development. Johnson et al (1992) concluded that Romanian adoptees were an extraordinarily high-risk paediatric group, having found that only ten per cent of children over 12 months were developmentally normal.…”

Intercountry Adoption and the Family Life Cycle

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Health status of internationally adopted children. The experience of an Italian “GLNBI” paediatric centre

“…HBsAg positivity is widespread in the southern part of Eastern Europe, South America, Asia, with different prevalence up to greater than 8% (15). In past studies, international adoptees with evidence of active HBV infection ranged from 2% to 5.9% (16)(17)(18)(19)(20) while serologically proven previous infection from 22% to 53% (21,22).…”

“…Intestinal parasites infections in internationally adoptees have a prevalence ranging between 14 and 33%, Giardia lamblia being the most frequent detected parasite, mostly in Eastern Europe children (20,22); other parasitic infestations include Trichuris trichiura, Ascaris lumbricoides, Strongyloides stercoralis, Blastocystis hominis, Dientamoeba fragilis, as well as ectoparasites such as Sarcoptes scabiei and Pediculus capitis (16,18,19,21) (Table 4).…”

Intercountry Adoption: Implications for Adoption Agencies and Medical Advisers

“…These findings are similar to those of and Jenista and Chapman (1987), emphasising the need for a thorough screening evaluation for medical problems which may adversely affect their health and development. Johnson et al (1992) concluded that Romanian adoptees were an extraordinarily high-risk paediatric group, having found that only ten per cent of children over 12 months were developmentally normal.…”

Intercountry Adoption and the Family Life Cycle

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Health status of internationally adopted children. The experience of an Italian “GLNBI” paediatric centre

“…HBsAg positivity is widespread in the southern part of Eastern Europe, South America, Asia, with different prevalence up to greater than 8% (15). In past studies, international adoptees with evidence of active HBV infection ranged from 2% to 5.9% (16)(17)(18)(19)(20) while serologically proven previous infection from 22% to 53% (21,22).…”

“…Intestinal parasites infections in internationally adoptees have a prevalence ranging between 14 and 33%, Giardia lamblia being the most frequent detected parasite, mostly in Eastern Europe children (20,22); other parasitic infestations include Trichuris trichiura, Ascaris lumbricoides, Strongyloides stercoralis, Blastocystis hominis, Dientamoeba fragilis, as well as ectoparasites such as Sarcoptes scabiei and Pediculus capitis (16,18,19,21) (Table 4).…”

Intercountry Adoption: Implications for Adoption Agencies and Medical Advisers

“…These findings are similar to those of and Jenista and Chapman (1987), emphasising the need for a thorough screening evaluation for medical problems which may adversely affect their health and development. Johnson et al (1992) concluded that Romanian adoptees were an extraordinarily high-risk paediatric group, having found that only ten per cent of children over 12 months were developmentally normal.…”

Intercountry Adoption and the Family Life Cycle

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Health status of internationally adopted children. The experience of an Italian “GLNBI” paediatric centre

“…HBsAg positivity is widespread in the southern part of Eastern Europe, South America, Asia, with different prevalence up to greater than 8% (15). In past studies, international adoptees with evidence of active HBV infection ranged from 2% to 5.9% (16)(17)(18)(19)(20) while serologically proven previous infection from 22% to 53% (21,22).…”

“…Intestinal parasites infections in internationally adoptees have a prevalence ranging between 14 and 33%, Giardia lamblia being the most frequent detected parasite, mostly in Eastern Europe children (20,22); other parasitic infestations include Trichuris trichiura, Ascaris lumbricoides, Strongyloides stercoralis, Blastocystis hominis, Dientamoeba fragilis, as well as ectoparasites such as Sarcoptes scabiei and Pediculus capitis (16,18,19,21) (Table 4).…”