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Article 1- Scoliosis
Scoliosis

-change some of the wording in the first paragraph to help it flow

Article 2-Health Disparities
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities.

This article is flagged for having too few sources so I would like to find a wider range of sources. The articles I want to find to contribute to National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities will be reliable sources that support or add more information that is not from the primary source. I also plan to find articles that hold a neutral point of view to eliminate any potential for biases.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_Disparities_Center

Add after mission is stated.

The mission of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities is aimed at a wide variety of people whether the disparity is caused by gender, age, economic status, ethnicity, or residential location. In any case, if a person is assumed to be part of a minority group, then there is a risk for health disparities to form.

Minority Health relates to people that are socially categorized into minority groups because they do not hold positions of power in our society. Health disparities refer to rates of illness and disease that are disproportionate within a society. Health disparities have been a subject of interest great enough to inspire the creating and implementation of programs like NIMHD and Health Disparities Centers. Similar to the mission of NIMDHD, Health Disparities Centers focus on addressing needs that are in high demand for minority groups, and encouraging the delivery of adequate health care to groups that are not represented well.

-cultural competency training to promote the deliverance of culturally sensitive healthcare by faculty, staff, as well as current and future healthcare providers.

-mission extends to a wide range of groups. These include age, gender, ethnicity, geographical location, or any other differences related to socioeconomic status or environmental factors.

Martinez, O., Boles, J., Muñoz-Laboy, M., Levine, E. C., Ayamele, C., Eisenberg, R., & ... Draine, J. (2017). Bridging Health Disparity Gaps through the Use of Medical Legal Partnerships in Patient Care: A Systematic Review. Journal Of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 45(2), 260-273. doi:10.1177/1073110517720654

Williams, D. R., & Purdie-Vaughns, V. (2016). Needed Interventions to Reduce Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health. Journal Of Health Politics, Policy & Law, 41(4), 627-651. doi:10.1215/03616878-3620857

Article 3-Addition to Health Disparities
Health Disparities Center

-could potentially be an addition source to National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities

Reflective Essay
During the article evaluation I learned a lot about Wikipedia. I didn’t realized how long of a process Wikipedians go through to get their articles out there, but it is very impressive. I loved the talk pages while critiquing the articles because it gave me a well rounded insight to issues present in the articles. I thought it was humorous how “fired up” some people seemed to get over the certain topics, but I also thought this was very cool because it showed that they were passionate about the subject, and were willing to fight for corrections to be made. I always thought Wikipedia was a bunch of false information that anyone could put out there. However, this project taught me that even though people can edit information, there are a lot of Wikipedians out there who are keeping a close watch on the articles being published. I really liked the “flagging” system because put areas for improvement right out in the open so everyone could see, and the information wasn’t hidden.

I believe my contributions to my article added more explanation of what the mission of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities. The had a wonderful mission statement, but lacked identification of what minority health and health disparities are. I added definitions of what minority, and health disparities meant. This article also lacked a broad range of sources which made it at risk for bias and non-neutrality. By added a few additional sources I contributed to the pool of information, and by doing so, hopefully decreased the risk of bias and increased neutrality. This article was very vague, so by contributing more information I was able to provide more information on what exactly the institute was about.

Peer reviews are always a challenge for me. However, I have learned through out the course of this class and project that peer reviews are very important, and that constructive criticism along with affirmation towards peers is very beneficial. The main contributions I made to my peers was sentence structure. A lot of the introductory paragraphs were a little choppy so grammatical changes were key to making the sentences flow easier.

I did not receive feedback from other Wikipedia editors which was actually very disappointing. I was hoping to have some sort of constructive criticism. However, I did not have anyone peer review or a Wikipedia review my work.

This project really opened my eyes to how in depth research is. Wikipedians have contributed an immense amount of information which is incredible. I felt like I was making a difference by contributing information as well, and peer reviewing other’s work. Honestly, this project had moments where it was very frustrating because I felt like I didn’t know what to do. I am not very good with technology so the struggle with that aspect of this project distracted from my learning. This being said, I really believe Wikipedia, when used correctly, can contribute tremendously to our field of evidence based nursing practice. Wikipedians provide a plethora of resources, and compiled information that can be utilized for evidence based practice. This project was only a glimpse of the potential impact we could have as future nursing researchers. It is important that we learn how to conduct proper research in order to provide a strong pool of reliable resources for the nursing profession to pull from to utilize in evidence