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Major Expansion of Primary Care in Brazil Linked to Decline in Unnecessary HospitalizationIn 1994 Brazil launched what has since become the world’s largest community-based primary health care program. Under the Family Health Program, teams consisting of at least one physician, one nurse, a medical assistant, and four to six trained community …
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Immigrant Children and Urban Schools: Evidence from New York City on Segregation and its Consequences for SchoolingImmigrant children represent a large and growing proportion of school children in the United States, especially in urban areas. An estimated 10.4 percent of the U.S. population is now foreign-born (the highest percentage since 1930); and in central …
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State and Local Government AgenciesReports Protecting Workers: Wage Theft Enforcement for the Local Prosecutor Issued by the Institute for Innovation in Prosecution at John Jay College, July 2022. How district attorneys and state attorneys general are fighting workplace abuses , …
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Distinguished Visiting Urbanist Richard Buery in Conversation with Congressman Hakeem JeffriesBy Alex Fiorille (MPA-PNP) Amidst a growing national movement for bold criminal justice reform, NYU Wagner’s Visiting Urbanist Richard Buery sat down with Representative Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) to discuss a path forward. Rep. Jeffries, who represents …
Capstone Projects
Consumer Responses to Water Service Delivery in Accra: A Case Study of the Coping Mechanisms of Three Residential AreasThis Capstone project entailed exploring consumer and private sector responses to poor water supply service delivery in Accra, Ghana. Specifically, it compared various coping mechanisms of households in different water supply areas and income brackets and …
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A qualitative analysis of environmental policy and children's health in MexicoBACKGROUND: Since Mexico's joining the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in 1994, it has witnessed rapid industrialization. A byproduct of this industrialization is increasing …
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Public Policy Minor(formerly Social & Public Policy Minor) Addressing and understanding policy in areas ranging from education, health, and immigration to sustainability and urban planning is at the heart of NYU Wagner's mission. Drawing on this traditional strength, the …
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Do interest rates matter? Credit demand in the Dhaka Slums“Best practice” in microfinance holds that interest rates should be set at profit-making levels, based on the belief that even poor customers favor access to finance over low fees. Despite this core belief, little direct evidence exists on the price …
Alumni In Action
Susan LacerteThere’s something about the number 13 this year for Susan Lacerte (MPA ’91). She has been at the Queens Botanical Garden for 13 years, and as a leap-year baby, she will be celebrating her 13th actual birthday on February 29th. But superstitious or not, …
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How a Wagner Associate Dean Helped Bring the AIDS Crisis to the Big ScreenDavid Schachter Reflects on Starring in the First Feature Film About the Disease After he filmed Buddies in 1985, David Schachter ’s life changed. But not in the way you might expect for a young actor who had just starred in a movie. Buddies was not …
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Ellen Schall Experience Fund (ESEF)Action Against Hunger Akilah Institute Ashoka: Innovators for the Public Asian Development Bank Beijing Forever Henghuaï Technology Co., Ltd. Cause Strategy Partners, LLC Center for an Urban Future China Center for Urban Development China General Chamber …
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Stephen Charney Vladeck Junior Faculty Fellowship2025 Saba Rouhani - NYU School of Global Public Health Developing a measure of relative opioid settlement spending on law enforcement and health 2023 Lauren Taylor - NYU Grossman School of Medicine Urban Public Hospitals and the Creation of Healthcare …
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Long-Term Satisfaction and Predictors of Use of Intracorporeal Injections for Post-Prostatectomy Erectile DysfunctionPurpose : Intracorporeal injections have low use rates and high discontinuation rates. We examined factors associated with intracorporeal injection use, long-term satisfaction with intracorporeal injection and reasons for discontinuation in men treated …
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Is severity of obesity associated with diagnosis or health education practices?OBJECTIVE: To assess the association of the severity of obesity with diagnosis and health education, and to identify any differences within demographic or other subgroups. DESIGN: Clinician visits for 2-18 year olds from the 2005-2008 National Ambulatory …
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AlumNite 2024On March 28, 2024, NYU Wagner alumni came together for a special evening of community building at Puck: AlumNite 2024. Once a flagship annual event, this was the first time in five years that the event was able to return. Over light fare and small-group …
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Health Degree Programs at NYU WagnerThe MS in Health Law and Strategy (jointly conferred with NYU School of Law) and NYU Wagner's Master of Public Administration (MPA) in Health Policy & Management and Online Master of Health Administration (MHA) all prepare you to make a long and lasting …
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Association between urinary bisphenol A concentration and obesity prevalence in children and adolescents.CONTEXT: Bisphenol A (BPA), a manufactured chemical, is found in canned food, polycarbonate-bottled liquids, and other consumer products. In adults, elevated urinary BPA concentrations are associated with obesity and incident coronary artery disease. BPA …
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Association Between Urinary Bisphenol A Concentration and Obesity Prevalence in Children and AdolescentsContext Bisphenol A (BPA), a manufactured chemical, is found in canned food, polycarbonate-bottled liquids, and other consumer products. In adults, elevated urinary BPA concentrations are associated with obesity and incident coronary artery disease. BPA …
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Your Alumni News for September 2018Dear Alumni, Happy first week of fall! I’m excited to introduce myself as the new Director of Alumni Relations at NYU Wagner. For the past four years, I’ve been a proud member of the Wagner community as Assistant Director with the Office of Career …
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Learning Leadership in Action: NYU Wagner Students Visit City Hall for Experiential InsightUndergraduate students in NYU Wagner’s Management and Leadership (UPADM-GP 103) course recently stepped beyond the classroom walls to engage with public service in real-time through a site visit to New York City Hall. Now an annual tradition, this …
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Effect of telehealth on use of secondary care and mortality: findings from the Whole System Demonstrator cluster randomised trialObjective: To assess the effect of home based telehealth interventions on the use of secondary healthcare and mortality. Design: Pragmatic, multisite, cluster randomised trial comparing telehealth with usual care, using data from routine administrative …
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WORLD CITIES PROJECTThe largest cities in the developed world all face an unprecedented challenge: how to meet the needs of a population that lives longer, has a declining birthrate, is generally healthier and – with an average life expectancy approaching 80 years – is …