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Evaluating the influence of racially targeted food and beverage advertisements on Black and White adolescents’ perceptions and preferencesMarie Bragg, Alysa N. Miller, David A. Kalkstein, Brian D. Elbel, Christina A. Roberto …
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Supermarket retailers' perspectives on healthy food retail strategies: In-depth interviewsOlivia D. Martinez, Noemi Rodriguez, Allison Mercurio, Marie Bragg, Brian D. Elbel …
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Could EBT Machines Increase Fruit and Vegetable Purchases at New York City Green Carts?Andrew Breck, Kamila Kiszko, Olivia D. Martinez, Courtney Abrams, Brian D. Elbel …
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Marketing Food and Beverages to Youth Through SportsMarie Bragg, Christina A. Roberto, Jennifer L. Harris, Kelly D. Brownell, Brian D. Elbel …
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2021 AWARDS & DISTINCTIONSPresented for leadership capacity and exceptional contribution to public service. …
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Announcing the 2021 Herbert Roback Scholarship WinnersThe late Herbert Roback was a highly respected public servant. During his 34-year career, he encouraged talented and promising students to consider lifetime careers in the public service. To honor Mr. Roback, his family and friends established the Herbert …
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Maureen AhmedHow did your experiences at NYU Wagner prepare you for your career? My time at Wagner helped me cultivate the skills and experiences I needed to enter into a career at the State Department. The coursework at NYU Wagner really set me up to understand how …
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School Wellness Programs: Magnitude and Distribution in New York City Public SchoolsLeanna Stiefel, Brian Elbel, Melissa Pflugh Prescott, Siddartha Anjea, and Amy Schwartz …
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Engaging Ethnic Restaurants to Improve Community Nutrition Environments: A Qualitative Study with Hispanic Caribbean Restaurants in New York CityMelissa Fuster, Kevin Guerrero, Brian D. Elbel, Krishnendu Ray, Terry T.K. Huang …
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Childhood Obesity and the Food Environment: A Population-Based Sample of Public School Children in New York CityBrian D. Elbel, Kosuke Tamura, Zachary T. McDermott, Erilia Wu, Amy Ellen Schwartz …
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Laurie PriceTell us about your current public service work. Can you briefly describe your employment organization and position responsibilities, as well as any relevant volunteer or entrepreneurial activities? I currently serve as Chief of Staff for the Charter …
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Student Spotlight: JD Mazuera Arias (MPA 2024)As a new Master of Public Administration student and Bloomberg Public Service Fellow, JD is drawing from his personal experience with immigration and enthusiasm for policy to make an impact in Latine community advocacy. Can you share a bit about yourself …
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Preserving History or Restricting Development: The Heterogenous Effects of Historic Districts on Local Housing Markets in New York CitySince Brooklyn Heights was designated as New York City's first landmarked neighborhood in 1965, the Landmarks Preservation Commission has designated 120 historic neighborhoods in the city. This paper develops a theory in which landmarking has …
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Does Municipally Subsidized Housing Improve School Quality? Evidence from New York CityProblem: Policymakers and community development practitioners view increasing subsidized owner-occupied housing as a mechanism to improve urban neighborhoods, but little research studies the impact of such investments on community amenities. Purpose: We …
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The Relationship between School Infrastructure and School Nutrition Program Participation and Policies in New York CityMelissa Pflugh Prescott, Brian D. Elbel, Kathleen Woolf, Roland O. Ofori, Amy Ellen Schwartz …
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Vulnerable Patients’ Perceptions of Health Care Quality and Quality DataBackground . Little is known about how patients served by safety-net hospitals utilize and respond to hospital quality data. Objective . To understand how vulnerable, lower income patients make health care decisions and define quality of care and whether …
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Impact of Changes in the Food, Built, and Socioeconomic Environment on BMI in US Counties, BRFSS 2003-2012Pasquale Rummo, Justin M. Feldman, Priscilla M. Lopez, David C. Lee, Lorna Thorpe, Brian D. Elbel …
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Evaluating A USDA Program That Gives SNAP Participants Financial Incentives To Buy Fresh Produce In SupermarketsPasquale Rummo, Danton Noriega, Alex Parret, Matthew Harding, Oran Hesterman, Brian D. Elbel …
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Crowdsourcing for food purchase receipt annotation via amazon mechanical turk: A feasibility studyWenhua Lu, Alexandra Guttentag, Brian D. Elbel, Kamila Kiszko, Courtney Abrams, Thomas Kirchner …
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Correction to: Change in Obesity Prevalence among New York City Adults: the NYC Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2004 and 20132014 (Journal of Urban Health, (2018), 10.1007/s11524-018-0288-9)Pasquale Rummo, Rania Kanchi, Sharon E. Perlman, Brian D. Elbel, Chau Trinh, Lorna Thorpe …
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Change in Obesity Prevalence among New York City Adults: the NYC Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2004 and 2013-2014Pasquale Rummo, Rania Kanchi, Sharon E. Perlman, Brian D. Elbel, Chau Trinh, Lorna Thorpe …
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Accessibility of America’s Housing Stock: Analysis of the 2011 American Housing SurveyThe American Housing Survey (AHS) is the most comprehensive national housing survey in the United States. Since 2009, AHS has included six core disability questions used in the American Community Survey. The questions address hearing, visual, cognitive, …
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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 , …