User:Talucci22/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Health Communication

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because it seemed like the most interesting article to read and I do not know much about health communication but I have heard the importance of it

Evaluate the article
Definition and Origins: Everything in this section was relevant to the topic. It uses simple terms that are easy for people to understand who are not familiar with the topic. The section was very concise and provided necessary information to have a basic understanding of what health communication is. It included citations making it feel more accurate.

Research: This section gave information that pertains to the research of health communication. It provides information that seems relevant and it is straight to the point. Only one source was used in this section, so there may be more information available on the topic. There is a little bias on the importance of health communication and its importance, but I believe that makes sense.

Training: This section was very short but gave information training methods used in health communication. The tone seems to be in favor of health communication as it lists jobs one could get. There is only one source used but the section is very short.

Overview: All the information in this section was relevant to the overview of health communication. All of the sources are from the past decade. Nothing is underrepresented but there is a lot of information on critical health communication which seems to be emphasized in this section. Multiple sources were listed.

Strategies and Methods: The information in this topic was all relevant to different strategies and methods of health communications. It listed different campaigns and methods used in the past to spread public health messages. There are old sources but they relate to the historical information given. Many different sources were used in this section.

Challenges: All of the information in this section is relevant to challenges in health communication. This section has sub sections which talk about specific challenges. There were multiple sources used in this section.

Historical Timeline: The information given is all related to a historical timeline of health communication. There are many different sources used in this section. There is no bias as they are just giving dates and information on what happened.