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The Irvine–Minnesota Inventory to measure built environmentsBackground Inter-rater reliability is an important element of environmental audit tools. This paper presents results of reliability tests of the Irvine–Minnesota Inventory, an extensive audit tool aimed at measuring a broad range of built environment …

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Does the Racial Composition of the School Environment Influence Children's Body Mass Index?Purpose This study investigates the degree to which the racial composition of the school environment may influence the body mass index (BMI) of children aged 10 to 18 years. This research may be viewed as extending prior work that has found that the …

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NYU Wagner Alumnae Honored as 40-Under-40 Food Policy Rising StarCongratulations to NYU Wagner alumnae Jenifer Clapp (MPA 2007) and Ellie Berens (MPA 2015) for making the 40-Under-40 NYC Food Policy rising-stars list! Ms. Clapp is Director of Healthy Eating Initiatives for the NYC Health Department. Ms. Berens is …

Capstone Projects

Mentorship for Social Entrepreneurs in Latin AmericaSocial entrepreneurship is emerging in Latin America to address some of the region’s most pressing problems. Many social enterprises in Latin America lack the networks and capabilities to obtain the funding needed to sustain and scale their businesses. …

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SYSTEMS-LEVEL SOLUTIONS FOR PARTNERSHIP WITH ALUMNI OF COLORThe Calhoun School is a private K-12 school on NYC’s Upper West Side, and its Alumni of Color Network (ACN) is an affinity group with the goals of providing a welcoming space for alumni and addressing DEI discrepancies in the school. The client engaged a …

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Universal Health Insurance in France: How Sustainable? Essays on the French Health Care SystemIn France, American nostrums of unleashing market forces under the banner of "consumer-directed health care," and selective contracting by private health insurers, have gained little ground. That should not, however, lead one to conclude that the French …

Capstone Projects

Improving Access: Identifying Barriers to Services for Formerly Incarcerated IndividualsThe Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health (AAIUH) designs, incubates, and replicates communitybased behavioral interventions that empower individuals to address health disparities in urban communities. AAIUH implements several barbershopbased health …

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A Cross-Systems ApproachThe African Council for Sustainable Health Development (ACOSHED) Capstone team was asked to perform an organizational assessment of ACOSHED’s International Secretariat and the model Nigerian chapter based on the ideas established in the Better Health in …

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Wagner Alumni are Celebrated as Black New York TrailblazersTwo NYU Wagner alumni, Farah Louis (MPA 2018) and Jennifer Jones Austin (EMPA 1996), have been named in City & State’s Power of Diversity: Black 100 which recognizes Black trailblazers in New York. The list of honorees represent every corner of New York’s …

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UPADM-GP.103

Management and Leadership (undergraduate)Management and Leadership is designed to empower you with the skills you will need to make meaningful change in the world—whether you care about bike lanes, criminal justice, prenatal care, community development, urban planning, social investment, or …

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ADORE: A Framework for Community Building to Dismantle anti-Black Racism in AcademiaIn higher education, power structures, including anti-Black racism, perpetuate whiteness and thwart the full capability of human potential for Black Americans. The aggregate impact of anti-Black racism, a specific form of racism, potentiates the …

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Small Schools, Large Districts: Small School Reform and New York City’s StudentsHigh school reform is currently at the top of the education policy making agenda after years of stagnant achievement and persistent racial and income test score gaps. Although a number of reforms offer some promise of improving U.S. high schools, small …

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The Irvine–Minnesota Inventory to measure built environments: Reliability testsBackground Inter-rater reliability is an important element of environmental audit tools. This paper presents results of reliability tests of the Irvine–Minnesota Inventory, an extensive audit tool aimed at measuring a broad range of built environment …

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Evaluation of the California Safe Routes to School legislation: Urban form changes and children’s active transportation to schoolBackground Walking or bicycling to school could contribute to children’s daily physical activity, but physical environment changes are often needed to improve the safety and convenience of walking and cycling routes. The California Safe Routes to School …

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California's Safe Routes to School program: Impacts on walking, bicycling, and pedestrian safety"This article evaluates California's pioneering Safe Routes to School (SR2S) program, which funds traffic improvement projects designed to improve safety for children's walking and bicycling to school and to increase the number of children who do …

Capstone Projects

International Medical Graduate Health System AcculturationRecognizing that International Medical Graduates (IMGs) face challenges above and beyond those of their American peers in acculturating to the US health care system, the Greater New York Hospital Association (GNYHA) called upon the Capstone team to assist …

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Practicing Networking Skills while Building an International Community with Wagner International Student Society (WISS)By Joshua Chun and Narihiro Tanaka On November 16, 2023, the Wagner International Student Society (WISS), in partnership with the Office of Career Services (OCS) and the Office of Alumni and Student Engagement hosted an international student networking …

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The Microfinance PromiseThe article presents information about a set of financial institutions in underdeveloped countries which are striving to alleviate poverty by providing financial services to low-income households. These institutions, united under the banner of …

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Developing Design Recommendations for VA Outpatient Spaces from Professional and Veteran PerspectivesThe United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provides patient care and federal benefits to veterans and is currently seeking to improve the patient experience and utilization of its mental health facilities. The VA’s Center for Innovation, an arm …

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Measuring School Efficiency: Lessons from Economics, Implications for PracticeHigh school reform is currently at the top of the education policy making agenda after years of stagnant achievement and persistent racial and income test score gaps. Although a number of reforms offer some promise of improving U.S. high schools, small …

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Wemimo Abbey (MPA 2015) is driving economic justice by creating a more equitable credit building systemThe following article was created by the NYU Alumni Association (NYUAA) which celebrated Wagner alumnus Wemimo Abbey (MPA 2015) and Samir Goel (STERN 2016) with the 2022 NYU Alumni Changemaker of the Year award . Wemimo Abbey (MPA 2015) and Samir Goel …

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The relationship of neighborhood built environment features and walkingResearch on urban design and walking often emphasizes macro-scale features of the physical environment, such as block length and number of intersections, that can be measured remotely using GIS and or aerial photographs. In contrast, urban designers …

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The street level built environment and physical activity and walking: Results of a predictive validity study for the Irvine Minnesota InventoryThe Irvine Minnesota Inventory (IMI) was designed to measure environmental features that may be associated with physical activity and particularly walking. This study assesses how well the IMI predicts physical activity and walking behavior and develops …