INDIVIDUAL WORK

SOURCE EVALUATION GRID - SLO 2 (ETHICAL RESEARCH)

Evaluating Your Sources

Sources

#1: ​We Are Powerful #2: ​Toward Sexual #3: ​A Writing #4: ​LGBT Health
People: Health Equity for Gay, Assignment to Address Disparities: What
Health-Promoting Bisexual, and Gaps in The Nursing Progress Have We
Criteria
Strengths of LGBTQ Transgender Youth Curriculum Regarding Made?
Communities of Color Health Issues of
LGBTQ+ Populations

This is a shorter
article that is
Relevance: (e.g., Essential to my Tangentially related somewhat essential Essential to my
tangentially subject since it as this article is about as it also calls for subject because it
related vs. narrates the solutions to the action and change discusses what is
essential to your oppression of equity injustice and touches but has strong lacking in the system
subject) in healthcare. upon the injustice sections of what the that “normal” people
problems. social injustices are provided with.
people face are.
Recent paper done Longest timeline as it
Happening now as on their experience goes back from usign
Timeliness:
more awareness Sort of a recent learning how to treat evidence 15 years
(e.g., old, sort of
towards LGBTQ timeline to patients, thus if it ago. But mainly
recent, happening
community is happening now. isn’t taught now, focuses on the
now)
brought to light in perhaps it wasn’t current status of
the media. taught in older times. LGBT healthcare.
Amateur audience Expert writers Balanced because it
Amateur audience as because they because the list of acknowledges
they interview carefully explain authors' names counterarguments
Authority: (e.g., everyday people but everything they are contains PhD, RNs, that people can make
expert or amateur very in-depth talking about and I NP, CNS. A bundle but provides
audience, biased interviews about live see some usage of of experienced evidence that
or balanced) experiences. Biased the “Tweleve Tips” people who wrote supports their claim.
because they tended article in this this article. Amateur audience to
to focus on the color resource. Balanced Somewhat biased as help spread
experience and as the supporting they speak on awareness and call
 intersecting programs want personal experiences for action.
oppression systems. equality for all and other’s in the
including those of field.
LGBTQ.
Plentiful resources
and sources
Limited evidence as identified, more so Plentiful resources
Evidence: (e.g., this study is based on than other resources I and sources Plentiful evidence
plentiful or only 38 interviews of found, since they are identified because and resources they
limited, types, LGBTQ community working with a they pulled from so pulled from medical
sources identified members. Plentiful multitude of many essays that and nursing
or not) ources are identified programs that students wrote on education to training
from this peer support to stop personal experiences. and clincals.
reviewed article. inequities towards
LGBTQ.

From this chart, a plethora of information flowed into my Annotated Bibliographies with
appropriate sources and APA citation style. APA citation style includes author’s names and date
of when the article was published. For instance one Annotated Bibligraphy resulted with this:

Hudson, K. D., & Romanelli, M. (2020). We are powerful people: Health-Promoting strengths of

LGBTQ communities of color. ​Qualitative Health Research​, 30(8), 1156–1170.

https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732319837572​.

In the ​Qualitative Health Research​ article, Hudson and Romanelli (2020) conducted research on

the LGBTQ people of color are experiencing an oppressive system that limits their access to

basic health care resources. The disadvantages that they face due to socio- structural systems

within these communities pioneer awareness and change regarding these health inequities

(Hudson and Romanelli, 2020). The stigma and exclusion factors are stressors that heighten the

risk of them experiencing mental and physical health issues. Hudson and Romanelli (2020) want

health promoting factors that help equity for LGBTQ people of color be able to feel safe and

accepted with the support of collective action and community advocacy to the general public.

(C.T.)