Laura F Radel

Biographic Data

ID6644793
NAMELaura F Radel
GIVEN NAMESLaura F
FAMILY NAMERadel
SIGNATURERADEL L F
AFFILIATIONSOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS31
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2010
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2018
H-INDEX3

  • The role of substance use in child welfare caseloads

    Open AccessRobin Ghertner, Annette Waters et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2018Cited by: 18References: 35

  • Factors Associated with Adoption and Adoption Intentions of Nonparental Caregivers

    Matthew D Bramlett, Laura F RadelARTICLEAdoption Quarterly2016References: 3

    Data from the 2011-2012 National Survey of Children's Health and the 2013 National Survey of Children in Nonparental Care were used to fit a multinomial logistic model comparing three groups to those who never considered adoption: those who ever considered, but are not currently planning adoption; those planning adoption; and those who adopted. Adoption may be more likely when the caregiver is a nonkin foster parent, a foster care agency was invo…

  • The National Survey of Adoptive Parents

    Matthew D Bramlett, Laura F RadelARTICLEAdoption Quarterly2010Cited by: 4

    This article describes the background, design, and operation of the first-ever large-scale nationally representative population survey regarding adopted children across adoption types. The National Survey of Adoptive Parents (NSAP) was administered to 2,089 adoptive parents between April 2007 and July 2008, including parents of 545 children adopted internationally, 763 children adopted from the U.S. foster care system, and 781 children adopted fr…

  • Legal and Informal Adoption by Relatives in the U.S

    Laura F Radel, Matthew D Bramlett et al.ARTICLEAdoption Quarterly2010Cited by: 7References: 4

    A large, nationally representative sample of households is used to compare children legally adopted by relatives with those living with relatives in households that that did not include the child's biological parents (i.e., children in informal adoptions). As context, children legally and informally adopted by kin are also compared with adopted children generally and with the broader population of all U.S. children. Demographically, there were vi…

  • Commentary

    Laura F Radel, Matthew D BramlettARTICLEAdoption Quarterly2010Cited by: 2

    The analyses presented in this special issue of Adoption Quarterly represent merely the beginning in terms of the research possibilities inherent in the National Survey of Adoptive Parents (NSAP), and much remains to be examined. This commentary summarizes the strengths and weaknesses of the data and suggests research possibilities that remain to be addressed. Information is provided about possibilities for linking NSAP data to data from the Nati…