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Pediatrician attitudes, clinical activities, and knowledge of environmental health in Wisconsin… of Pediatrics. We obtained a 35.4% response rate after 1 follow-up mailing. Respondents agreed that the role of the … in children's health is significant (mean 4.28 /- .78 on 1-5 Likert scale). They expressed high confidence in dealing with lead exposure (means 4.22-4.27 /- 1.01-1.09), but confidence in their skills for pesticide, …
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Final Report Based on the Workshop on Integrated Research for Civil InfrastructureThe nation continues to experience major problems in the performance of its infrastructure in spite of the considerable investment of resources to expand capacity, increase accessibility, and exploit innovative technologies for infrastructure improvement. …
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Electricity Case: Main Report: Risk, Consequences, and Economic AccountingAs a critical infrastructure sector, electricity enables numerous other critical infrastructures to function, and in many cases is the critical path for their operation. This is underscored by the fact that historically, electric power outages have played …
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Trends for Oil and Gas Terrorist Attacks… the highest number of attacks during this period. Section 1 provides an introduction to the report. Section 2 looks at …
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Helping Without Harming: The Instructor’s Feedback Dilemma in Debriefing—A Case Study… to managing the task-versus-relationship dilemma included (1) assuming that honest critiques will damage learners, (2) … the instructor could do to be more effective including (1) making generous inferences about the learners’ qualities, …
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Enterprise Zones: Inner-city Panacea or Supply-Side Showpiece?Gerecke, S. with Charles M. Haar et al. …
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Navigating Uncertain Waters: Mortgage Lending in the Wake of the Great RecessionGerecke, S., with V. Been et al. …
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Risk Communication for Catastrophic Events: Results from Focus Groups… to address two important needs for risk communication: (1) to provide approaches to risk communication in very …
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Psychological mediating factors in an intervention to promote adolescent health care-seekingSome of the highest rates of curable sexually transmitted diseases in the USA are found among adolescents. Routine, comprehensive health care that includes a sexual history may contribute to alleviating this problem. We designed and ran a three-session …
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Constructing the New York Area Hispanic Mosaic: A Demographic Portrait of Colombians and Dominicans in New YorkOspina, S., et al. …
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Reframing HIV/AIDSStabinski L., Pelley(Grepin), K., Jacob, S.T., Long, J.M. & Leaning, J. …
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Substance Use Treatment Barriers for Patients with Frequent Hospital AdmissionsSubstance use (SU) disorders adversely impact health status and contribute to inappropriate health services use. This qualitative study sought to determine SU-related factors contributing to repeated hospitalizations and to identify opportunities for …
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Faith-Based Community Development in St. Albans, QueensThe Capstone team created a community development plan for St. Albans Congregational Church (SACC) that will leverage its two major assets - a community facility and commercial retail space - for community development in Southeast Queens. The project …
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Faith-Based Community Development in St. Albans, QueensThe Capstone team created a community development plan for St. Albans Congregational Church (SACC) that will leverage its two major assets - a community facility and commercial retail space - for community development in Southeast Queens. The project …
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Undergraduate MinorsWhether students plan to pursue careers in the policy arena or merely remain engaged citizens, the Public Policy minor provides a sturdy foundation. Explore Public …
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Early Discharge and Home Care of Women Following Unplanned Cesarean Birth: A Report of Nurse Care TimeBrooten, D., Knapp, H., Borucki, L., Jacobsen, B., Finkler, S. et al. …
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Resubmission of a Grant Application: Breastfeeding Services for LBW InfantsBrown, L., Finkler, S., et al. …
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Saint Vincent Catholic Medical CentersSt. Vincents Hospital, Manhattan… base; renovation and expansion of St. Vincents Level 1 Trauma Center; and process and outcome improvements in the …
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CMC St. Vincent's Medical CenterWorking directly with the Vice President of Operations, the resident was able to develop and tailor a program that would suit her needs and interests. Subsequently, the resident worked on projects throughout the hospital that exposed her to all aspects of …
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Changing the research landscape: the New York City Clinical Data Research NetworkThe New York City Clinical Data Research Network (NYC-CDRN), funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), brings together 22 organizations including seven independent health systems to enable patient-centered clinical research, …
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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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Balance Sheet Insolvency and Contribution Revenue in Public CharitiesUsing Form 990 data reported by public charities, we document signifi cant bunching of nonprofits at near-zero net assets, the threshold for insolvency. Bunching occurs despite the fact that creditors cannot force insolvent nonprofits into involuntary …