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Article Evaluation
The article I reviewed was the American Community Survery (ACS). Everything in this article is still relevant to the topic because the survey collects data from people in the US regarding employment, income, household status, marital status, etc. This article is well organized making it easy to read. There are many numbers/stats in the data section that can be distracting. The article is neutral because it provides a section that lists reasons as to why the ACS is supported by people and reasons as to why people disagree with it. Both sections are well represented. People who support the ACS feel that it provides information about people living in the US that can not be found anywhere else where as people who are against it feel like the ACS is asking too much information. In both sections, there were many facts to support why it was favor or opposed. The links attached to the articles do work but the articles that the link leads to have many errors and are not all reliable sources. Some of them do help support the claim though. There are some facts that have references next to them to support the claim but there are many that do not; making the information unreliable. everything in this article is relevant and up to date. in the talk section, there are many conversations going on about the cost of performing the ACS. Many argue that the data provide is wrong or unreasonable. People also added more historical facts regarding the ACS. ''' Nice job with the evaluation! - Prof Hammad '''

Epidemiological Transition
In this article, I plan on contributing more historical events regarding epidemiological transitions that happened around the world, the diseases that cause a transition, the stages in the transition, and the factors of the transition. Sections that could be included would be more statistics and facts regarding epidemiological transitions that happened in the past, maybe a section of what epidemiologists thought of the transitions, and maybe instead of a "other perspectives" section, it can be split into separate view sections.

''' The sources below are OK; however, why not use some of the material/readings we had in class? - Prof H '''

McKeown, R. E. (2009). The Epidemiologic Transition: Changing Patterns of Mortality and Population Dynamics. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, 3(1 Suppl), 19S–26S. http://doi.org/10.1177/1559827609335350

Teitelbaum, M. S. (2017). Population. Encyclopaedia Britiannica, Inc https://www.britannica.com/science/population-biology-and-anthropology/Mortality#ref366891

Wahdan, M. H. (2017). The Epidemiological Transition. WHO http://www.emro.who.int/emhj-volume-2-1996/volume-2-issue-1/article2.html

Epidemiological Transition (Edit)
In demography and medical geography, epidemiological transition is a phase of development witnessed by a sudden and stark increase in population growth rates brought by medical innovation in disease or sickness therapy and treatment, followed by a re-leveling of population growth from subsequent declines in fertility rates. "Epidemiological transition" accounts for the replacement of infectious diseases by chronic diseases over time due to expanded public health and sanitation.[1][2] This theory was originally posited by Abdel Omran in 1971.

Theory
Omran divided the epidemiological transition of mortality into three phases, in the last of which chronic diseases replace infection as the primary cause of death.[5] These phases are: The epidemiological transition occurs when a country undergoes the process of modernization from developing nation to developed nation status. The developments of modern healthcare and medicine, like antibiotics, drastically reduce infant mortality rates and extends average life expectancy which, coupled with subsequent declines in fertility rates, reflects a transition to chronic and degenerative diseases which were more important causes of death.
 * 1) The Age of Pestilence and Famine: Where mortality is high and fluctuating, precluding sustained population growth, with low and variable life expectancy, vacillating between 20 and 40 years.
 * 2) The Age of Receding Pandemics: Where mortality progressively declines, with the rate of decline accelerating as epidemic peaks decrease in frequency. Average life expectancy increases steadily from about 30 to 50 years. Population growth is sustained and begins to be exponential.
 * 3) The Age of Degenerative and Man-Made Diseases: Mortality continues to decline and eventually approaches stability at a relatively low level.
 * 4) The Age of Declining CVD Mortality, Aging and Emerging Diseases
 * 5) The Age of Aspired Quality of Life with Persistent Inequalities

The theory of epidemiological transition uses patterns of health and disease as well as their forms of demographic, economical and sociological determinants and outcomes.[6] 5. Corruccini, Robert S. & Kaul, Samvit S (1983), "The epidemiological transition and the anthropology of minor chronic non-infectious diseases", Medical Anthropology, 7: 36–50, doi:10.1080/01459740.1983.9987039
 * 1) Mauck, Aaron Pascal. "Managing Care: History of Diabetes in the Twentieth Century". UMI Dissertations. Retrieved 2013-05-05.5.
 * 2) Miquel Porta (2014) "A dictionary of epidemiology", 6th edn, New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199976737. [1]

6. Omran AR. "The Epidemiological Transition: A Theory of the Epidemiology of PopulationChange". Milbank Q. 83: 731–57. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0009.2005.00398.x. PMC 2690264 . PMID 16279965.

 This is a great addition - this article needed a lot more information - Prof H 

Peer Review Comment ''': I think the sources you've found will be a great addition to the article. As Professor Hammad mentioned above me, this article needs a lot more information. I don't have much more to say as you seem to be doing a great job! -Vanessa K.'''

-thank you -vivian