User:ElizabethFritz/sandbox

United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau wiki page contains a lot of information actually relevant to the topic, which makes it a good page to model after. Each subheading describes a different part of the Census’ history and how it has improved over time. This article was nonbiased and did not direct the reader to one viewpoint or the other. The citations that I checked worked and loaded up the resource in a new page. Some resources listed appeared to be more reliable than others, but most of them supported the article well. Many of the resources came from the US Census website, which contains more reliable information than random websites. A lot of the citations also came from journals and well researched papers. Very few of the resources led to biased references but the majority of them describe the history and the process of Census taking in the United States. Each fact stated in this article has a citation that is listed under the references subheading. I think that the success and failure section could have more information in it. In that section, failures are only mentioned briefly and there is no information regarding the success of the Census. If the successes of the Census were described and the failures had more detail, I think the article would be more complete. This article appears to be a few years out of date because it does not mention anything about the upcoming 2020 US Census. In the Talk page, people are checking each other’s sources to make sure that correct and true information is put onto the page. There are also questions being answered by people who know more about the Census in the Talk page. This article is involved in the United States and Government, United States Public Policy, and Elections and Referendums projects. This article explains what the Census is and the exact ways to measure it, while in class, there were discussions about the current problems of the Census, which were more biased than what the article is.  Good work with your evaluation - Prof Hammad 

International Planned Parenthood Federation
I am planning on adding more information regarding the results of the IPPF. I will discuss the policy changes that have occurred globally and how it is impacting people and their views on parenthood. I will show the successes and failures of the IPPF so people can see the work they are currently doing around the world. I can also add a subheading dedicated to the approaches that the IPPF is taking to accomplish their goals.

Bibliography for IPPF
Brueggemann, Walter. “Family Planning in the 21st Century: Perspective of the International Planned Parenthood Foundation.” International Journal of Gynecology & Obstertrics 58.1 (1997): 93–100. ScienceDirect. Web. 11 Mar. 2018.

Claeys, Vikcy. “Brave and Angry- The Creation and Development of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF).” The European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care 15 (2010): 67–76. PubMed. Web. 11 Mar. 2018.

Diaz-Olavarrieta, Claudia et al. “Policy Climate, Scholarship, and Provision of Emergency Contraception at Affiliates of the International Planned Parenthood Federation in Latin America and the Caribbean.” Contraception 65.2 (2002): 143–149. PubMed. Web. 11 Mar. 2018.

IPPF. “Our Results.” N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Mar. 2018.

Background
The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) is a global non-governmental organisation with the broad aims of promoting sexual and reproductive health, and advocating the right of individuals to make their own choices in family planning. It was first formed in 1952 in Bombay (present-day Mumbai), India by Margaret Sanger and Lady Rama Rau at the Third International Conference on Planned Parenthood with support for new methods of birth control, sex education, family planning clinics and a fear of an expanding population with limited resources. Nowadays, it consists of more than 149 Member Associations working in more than 189 countries. The IPPF is highly developed and organised into six regions. The organisation is based in London, England.

Projects
I am planning on adding a new section dedicated to the projects the IPPF is currently working on.

The IPPF is connecting with the poor and vulnerable population to improve healthcare support. Throughout 2016, the IPPF provided over 45 million people with services, many of these people are in a humanitarian crisis. These services include access to sexual and reproductive health services and training local people to educate others about healthcare. The IPPF help over 46,000 clinics and facilities by giving health products and services. One of their main focuses is on improving sexual health services, so they also give contraceptives to over 14,000 providers, which many are in rural areas. The IPPF is working on helping countries, mostly in Sub-Saharan Africa, with HIV epidemics by providing HIV testing and counseling. In 2016, the IPPF supplied over 40 million HIV services, which 59% was delivered to Africa. Africa has seen improvements among HIV and sexually transmitted infections testing and counseling. The IPPF is working along side the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) to promote preventions and treatments.

In Cairo in 1994, the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) stated that around 55% of couples were family planning in some way. Due to the family planning efforts, fertility rates are three to four children per women in 1994 which is much lower than the average of six to seven children per woman in the 1960's.

Part of the IPPF in Columbia is Profamilia which was started in 1965. In the 1960's, Columbia was a conservative and Catholic region which valued large families, where the government still does not educate about family planning. Throughout the past 30 years, the fertility rate has decreased from 7 to 3 due to about 70% of the reproductive population utilizing family planning efforts.

''' I think this is a great addition - what are some additional citations that you could use to get some more perspective on this topic as well? - Prof H '''