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Supply Skepticism: Housing Supply and AffordabilityGrowing numbers of affordable housing advocates and community members are questioning the premise that increasing the supply of market-rate housing will result in housing that is more affordable. Economists and other experts who favor increases in supply …
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My Summer Internship Experience: Son Chau (MPA 2017)Originally from Silicon Valley, Son Chau (MPA 2017) has seen the dual economic growth and social problems brought on by the rise of the region’s tech sector. He spent his summer interning at the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, the largest community …
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Factors associated with the adoption of evidence-based innovations by substance use disorder treatment organizations: A study of HIV testingIntroduction Though prior research shows that a range of important regulatory, market, community, and organizational factors influence the adoption of evidence-based practices (EBPs) among health care organizations, we have little understanding of how …
Capstone Projects
Assessment of Freight Consolidation Methodologies in Midtown ManhattanNew York City Department of Transportation’s (NYCDOT) Office of Freight Mobility works to improve the efficiency and sustainability of freight movement throughout the City. A Capstone team was engaged to identify how consolidation centers can benefit the …
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Impact of a Medicaid Managed Care Model on Vulnerable Populations in NY StateThe New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) is one of the nation's leading defenders of civil liberties and civil rights. The NYCLU requested a Capstone team to help analyze and evaluate the New York State’s new model for the delivery of Medicaid services …
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Evidence-based treatment for opioid use disorders: A national study of methadone dose levels, 2011-2017The nation's methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) programs play a central role in addressing the current opioid epidemic. Considerable evidence documents the treatment effectiveness of MMT and, in turn, the importance of adequate dosing to MMT's …
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Principles for Autonomous UrbanismThe promises of autonomous vehicles in cities are clear – but so are the challenges. While they show incredible potential for moving both people and goods – from providing mobility for populations underserved by public transit to creating safer traffic …
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FUNDRAISING STRATEGIES FOR INCREASING INDIVIDUAL DONORSLifeScene, established in 1885, is a family services organization dedicated to serving the community of Lynn, Massachusetts through the power of education and community engagement. The organization accomplishes this through interventions such as home- and …
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The Coming of Age of School-Level Finance DataDiscusses implications for school finance data collection and analysis of shifting to schools as key management and policy units. Discusses questions that school-level data can answer concerning resource utilization efficiency, effectiveness, intent, and …
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A Career Guide for Health Services ManagersLearn the professional and personal skills necessary to succeed as a healthcare executive. This book covers everything from finding your niche to working with clinicians. Topics covered include: * Where health services managers work * How to build an …
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Guidelines for Wagner-Invited Speaker InvitationsThese guidelines are intended to convey the sense of the faculty with respect to invitations extended by the School and members of the School community to outside speakers. They build on the University’s Guidelines for Administrative Implementation of …
Faculty Profile
Kathleen ApltauerKathleen Wetzel Apltauer is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Service. She also works as an Independent Research and Evaluation Consultant for domestic and international programs working at the intersection of poverty and health. Kathleen currently …
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MICHAEL DUFFYMichael Thomas Duffy is a manager with extensive experience in the public, private and non-profit sector; currently he is the President of the Great Oaks Foundation, whose mission is to give students access to a quality education through High Dosage …
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, …
Alumni In Action
Joycee JacobTell us about your career trajectory before, during, and after the program. Ten years ago I started my career in Healthcare Administration as a Manager at NYU Langone Health and worked my way up to Director. During the program, my role expanded to …
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Justin CrockettJustin Crockett is a Lecturer of Health Administration at NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. He is an experienced professional in the medical device and pharmaceutical sectors with the ability to communicate concise value …
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Using Comparative Analysis to Address Health System CaricaturesTo learn from health care systems abroad, we must move beyond simplistic characterizations and compare different systems with respect to salient performance measures. Despite findings from recent cross-national studies suggesting that many health care …
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Presenting Quality Data to Vulnerable Groups: Charts, Summaries or Behavioral Economic Nudges?OBJECTIVES: Despite the increased focus on health care consumers' active choice, not enough is known about how to best facilitate the choice process. We sought to assess methods of improving this process for vulnerable consumers in the United States by …
Capstone Projects
EXAMINING THE IMPACT OF CASH BAIL REFORM AND SUBSEQUENT
ROLLBACKS ON OVERALL CRIME RATESIn 2019, New York State lawmakers approved legislation eliminating the use of cash bail for the majority of misdemeanors and select lesser felonies. Politicians and other government officials have vocally opposed the legislation since its implementation …
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Health Services and Research and the CityHealth services research is, by nature, multidisciplinary, for it draws on the methods,concepts and theories of social sciences, which are relevant to the study of how the organization and financing of health services can improve the delivery of health …
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The Impact of Residency Training on Physicians’ AIDS-Related Practice Behavior: A Longitudinal Panel StudyTo determine the effects of aspects of residency training on AIDS-related treatment practices. METHOD: The authors conducted a nationwide longitudinal panel study of 394 physicians who graduated in 1989 from six medical schools in New York State. Data …
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Health and Social Service Expenditures: Associations with Health OutcomesObjective To examine variations in health service expenditures and social services expenditures across Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries and assess their association with five population-level health outcomes. Design …
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Developmental Trajectories Toward Violence in Middle Childhood: Course, Demographic Differences, and Response to School-Based InterventionThe present study addressed 3 questions concerning (a) the course of developmental trajectories toward violence over middle childhood, (b) whether and how the course of these trajectories differed by demographic subgroups of children, and (c) how …
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Facing the Futures: Building Robust Nonprofits in the Pittsburgh RegionThe Pittsburgh region faces tough questions as it faces the futures ahead. Will it, for example, find a way to stop its young people from leaving or slip further into the profile of a “weak market” city, with all that means for the erosion of jobs and …