User:JHelfer9/Choose an Article

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
 * Health in Haiti
 * Article Evaluation
 * The article's content is extremely relevant to my topic of treatment of tuberculosis in Cange, Haiti. It discusses the idea of structural violence of the healthcare system and mentions Dr. Paul Farmer who is also a key figure in my research. However, the rest of the article has sections about maternal and child healthcare and mental health. Therefore, it is lacking the topic of infectious disease and how it is dealt with in Haiti. The article seems to be pretty neutral since there are a lot of statistics cited and medical professionals. I did not seem to find any opinions. Each claim does have a citation in this article. I clicked on a few of the citations and they took me to reliable sources.
 * Sources
 * - Managing medication compliance of tuberculosis patients in Haiti with medication monitors (T. Moulding)
 * - Structural Violence and Clinical Medicine (P. Farmer)
 * - Managing medication compliance of tuberculosis patients in Haiti with medication monitors (T. Moulding)
 * - Structural Violence and Clinical Medicine (P. Farmer)

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Haitian Vodou
 * Article Evaluation
 * The article's content is relevant to my topic regarding what some Haitians have looked to for treatment when they feel as though the healthcare system has failed them. It discusses the origins of vodou and its practices. I feel as though it would be beneficial for me to add information regarding vodou and healthcare into this article because it is only mentioned once very vaguely. The article seems to be pretty neutral since it mostly discusses basic principles of vodou and historical information. Each claim does have a citation. I clicked on a few of the citations and they took me to reliable sources.
 * Sources
 * - Voodoo and foreign bodies of the stomach (J. Mathews)
 * - Medicine and Morality in Haiti: The Contest for Healing Power (P. Brodwin)
 * - Voodoo and foreign bodies of the stomach (J. Mathews)
 * - Medicine and Morality in Haiti: The Contest for Healing Power (P. Brodwin)

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Partners in Health
 * Article Evaluation
 * The article's content is relevant to my topic because I was inspired by the book Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder which shows the start of the Partners in Health organization. Also, there is a specific section in this article about Haiti and how Partners in Health has been involved in improving the healthcare system there. I feel as though it would be beneficial for me to add information in this section because there is a lack of how Partners in Health treats tuberculosis in Haiti, which is a treatable disease in America. The article seems to touch on the history of the organization and their current work as well as what countries they have been involved in, making it a pretty neutral article. However, there may be a little bias since there are no negatives about the organization mentioned. Each claim does have a citation. I clicked on a few of the citations and they took me to reliable resources.
 * Sources
 * - Mountains Beyond Mountains (T. Kidder)
 * - Haiti (Partners in Health Website)
 * - Mountains Beyond Mountains (T. Kidder)
 * - Haiti (Partners in Health Website)