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Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title
 * Self Care


 * Article Evaluation
 * -noticed a lot of citation needed messages where claims needed to reference a reliable source
 * -the beginning doesn't fully introduce the topic and what will be addressed later in the article.
 * -also doesn't address everything mentioned in the intro
 * -not very much in the history section, and from what we've talked about in class I feel like there could be more


 * Sources
 * - a lot of the information is from medical journals from different sources.

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Social Determinants of Health


 * Article Evaluation
 * -the intro is brief and informative
 * -i liked the section on ongoing debates, but the information was from 2005 so not very current.
 * - the talk section does discuss adding more current research
 * -felt like a lot of the writing was very scientific, maybe not paraphrased well, and hard for the average reader to follow


 * Sources
 * -a lot of references from the World Health Organization
 * -references from different countries government health branches

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Health Promotion


 * Article Evaluation
 * -the intro is very bare bones and essentially just offers one source's definition
 * -the scope does a slightly better job of mentioning applications of health promotion, but still not super informative
 * -the organization of the article is a little strange and hard to read
 * -there's not much discussion in the talk section, just about what category the article should be referenced over


 * Sources
 * -most sources are from the WHO
 * -mostly medical journals from varying countries

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Health Equity


 * Article Evaluation
 * -well flushed out intro that gives a good overview of the term
 * -well organized, subtitles are very helpful


 * Sources
 * -mostly academic journals and health organization
 * -noticed that most of the journals are written by men

Option 5

 * Article title
 * Medical-industrial complex


 * Article Evaluation
 * -good overview of the medical side of the complex
 * -doesn't address a lot of the other areas we talked about in class, like prisons, therapies, mental health
 * -feel like their could be room to add from what we have learned in class


 * Sources
 * -a lot of academic journals but looks like a more even amount of male and female authors