The source I used for this blog phase was an Academic Journal article entitled "Epidemiology of Health and Vulnerability Among Children Orphaned and Made Vulnerable by HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa". The author’s names are Gail Andrews, Donald Skinner, and Khangelani Zuma. The journal name is AIDS Care, and it was found in the database in PsychINFO on EBSCO.
This article is credible because:
the authors are clearly defined
there is consistent information between this and other resources within this topic
it cites reputable references
it is free of advertising and it does say when the article was in print
the time period covered in this article is fairly recent and will be helpful for knowledge of the needs of orphans
the depth of the information and comprehensibility of it does match the needs of the research
the authors are clearly defined
there is consistent information between this and other resources within this topic
it cites reputable references
it is free of advertising and it does say when the article was in print
the time period covered in this article is fairly recent and will be helpful for knowledge of the needs of orphans
the depth of the information and comprehensibility of it does match the needs of the research
This source is helpful for the research topic and my audience because it discusses, in detail, the needs of orphans. It opens our eyes to vulnerability and problems that many HIV/AIDS orphans face within many areas from education to others such as possible malnutrition.
Summary:
Summary:
The article focuses on problems that will be encountered by HIV/AIDS orphans and they have categorized these under three main difficulties. Material difficulties, emotional difficulties, and social difficulties. This specific group of orphans they have focused on experience difficulties within the realms of emotional stresses of watching their parents struggle through AIDS, getting or losing an education, and great vulnerability within the areas of safety, protection, medical care, and other needs. They have shared that these needs of orphans are also found in other vulnerable children, not excluding the difficulties to orphans alone. The stressors that HIV/AIDS orphans face, as their parents struggle through and die from AIDS, have a great impact on their potential possibility of poverty, lack of food intake, social and emotional struggles, and dropping out of or lagging behind in school, and thus effecting so many more areas. It then summarizes its findings and studies with the idea that orphans will likely be more vulnerable than those who are not orphans in this area of Africa.
The article that you chose is stuffed with great information on your topic, but it is one that's a little tough to get through. The article itself isn't quite as cleanly organized as some scientific articles. My main concern about your summary is that you don't quite seem to ever pick up on the five main categories of vulnerability that the authors pursued at the core of their study: (i) orphan status; (ii) household structure (in particular grandparent
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You pull isolated facts from the article that would indeed be helpful in your research paper, but I got the sense that the source was controlling you rather than you taking control of the source in this summary. One hint that I can give is to read the abstract of an article carefully. It will often help you see what the main focus of a study is. Then, write your summary using the main points as guides for the structure of the summary. Obviously, if some points don't pertain as much to your topic as others, you would devote less space to those disconnected points. I do want to see in the summaries, however, that you're able to understand the overall structure of your original source.