User:ReedNatalie/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

 * Maternal health
 * Article Evaluation
 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic?
 * Yes, this article is more general, in that it covers Maternal Health world-wide, not just the U.S.
 * Is it written neutrally?
 * For the most part yes. Some edits have been made to take out emotional or biased language.
 * Does each claim have a citation?
 * I believe most do, some last sentences of paragraphs don't.
 * Are the citations reliable?
 * For the most part, they seem to follow the wikipedia recommended source guidelines.
 * Does the article tackle one of Wikipedia's equity gaps (coverage of historically underrepresented or misrepresented populations or subjects)?
 * Yes, there is relatively little information of women's maternal health, so this article helps to expand on it, but more can also be done.
 * Sources
 * https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25680101/
 * https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31908334/
 * https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25680101/
 * https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31908334/

Option 2

 * Maternal death
 * Article Evaluation
 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic?
 * Yes, maternal death informs overall maternal health.
 * Is it written neutrally?
 * It seems to do a good job of just presenting facts without being biased.
 * Does each claim have a citation?
 * Yes, it appears they do.
 * Are the citations reliable?
 * For the most part, they seem to follow the wikipedia recommended source guidelines.
 * Does the article tackle one of Wikipedia's equity gaps (coverage of historically underrepresented or misrepresented populations or subjects)?
 * Yes, women are considered an area where there is an equity gap. This article helps to increase awareness about maternal death.
 * Sources
 * https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29421643/
 * https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27063184/
 * https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29421643/
 * https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27063184/

Option 3

 * Women's reproductive health in the United States
 * Article Evaluation
 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic?
 * Yes, all of the topic headings and information are related to the overall article topics
 * Is it written neutrally?
 * It appears to be. It is very lacking in information in general though.
 * Does each claim have a citation?
 * Yes.
 * Are the citations reliable?
 * For the most part, they seem to follow the wikipedia recommended source guidelines.
 * Does the article tackle one of Wikipedia's equity gaps (coverage of historically underrepresented or misrepresented populations or subjects)?
 * It begins to, however, there is clearly a lot more information that needs to be added here.
 * Sources
 * https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29016712/
 * https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30458586/
 * https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29016712/
 * https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30458586/

Option 4

 * Gender disparities in health
 * Article Evaluation
 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic?
 * Yes, the content seems to help expand on the overall topic of the article.
 * Is it written neutrally?
 * For the most part, although this is a highly controversial topic, some of the language is a bit charged.
 * Does each claim have a citation?
 * Yes.
 * Are the citations reliable?
 * For the most part, they seem to follow the wikipedia recommended source guidelines.
 * Does the article tackle one of Wikipedia's equity gaps (coverage of historically underrepresented or misrepresented populations or subjects)?
 * Yes, it attempt to explains health disparities and how they impact certain underrepresented or understudied groups like women and intersex people.
 * Sources
 * https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28480588/
 * https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22976361/
 * https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28480588/
 * https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22976361/

Option 5

 * Black maternal mortality in the United States
 * Article Evaluation
 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic?
 * Yes, it seems to stay on topic and is relevant to the overall topic.
 * Is it written neutrally?
 * For the most part, it seems to stay objective and focus on the fact, but it may be an understudied area and may therefore have some bias.
 * Does each claim have a citation?
 * Yes.
 * Are the citations reliable?
 * For the most part, they seem to follow the wikipedia recommended source guidelines.
 * Does the article tackle one of Wikipedia's equity gaps (coverage of historically underrepresented or misrepresented populations or subjects)?
 * Yes, this topic is very under researched and attempts to provide more information and awareness.
 * Sources
 * https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28625554/
 * https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7799915/
 * https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28625554/
 * https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7799915/