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Neighborhood Schools?: Assessing the Changing Relationship Between the Demographics of New York City?s Public Elementary Schools and their Surrounding Neighborhoods Between 1990 and 2000How well do New York City's public elementary schools represent the demographics of their surrounding neighborhoods? Using data from the 1990 and 2000 census and the New York State Department of Education, the Capstone team analyzed the extent to which …
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Mayors Across America Draft Urban Future Plans at Smart Cities Institute, a New Convening Hub Created by NYU Wagner and the US Conference of MayorsMayors of eight cities around the country convened at NYU Wagner for a three-day working conference devoted to informing how they can, in the most practical of terms, harness changing technologies to make their cities run smarter. The event was run by the …
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The Role of Social and Behavioral Science in Public Health Practice: A Study of the New York City Department of HealthStudies over the last decade have demonstrated the effectiveness of public health interventions based on social and behavioral science theory for many health problems. Little is known about the extent to which health departments are currently utilizing …
Faculty Profile
Jacob VictoryJacob Victory is Associate Clinical Professor of Public Service at NYU Wagner, Director of MPA-Health Policy and Management Program, and Director, MS in Health Law and Strategy Program, a joint graduate degree sponsored by NYU Law and NYU Wagner. …
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Philadelphia Streets Department 2.0: Helping a Traditional Municipal Agency to Meet the Challenges of a New AgeThe Philadelphia Streets Department (PSD) oversees and maintains many of the city’s vital infrastructure and services, including its streets, street lighting, sanitation, snow removal, traffic control, and bridges. The PSD’s Deputy Commissioner of …
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Identifying Holistic Needs of Children Born of Genocidal Rape in RwandaFounded in 2008, Foundation Rwanda (FR) is a nonprofit organization that supports children born from rape committed during the 1994 genocide. While FR originally focused on financing education, the organization currently seeks to expand its work by …
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NYU Wagner alumna Nupur Chaudhury pens two articles for public health journalThis month, recent NYU Wagner graduate Nupur Chaudhury (MUP, 2009) has co-authored two pieces for the American Journal of Public Health . The first , "Keep the Whole City in Mind," is an essay (written with Dr. Mindy Thompson Fullilove) exploring the …
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Low-Income Children, Their Families and the Great Recession: What Next in Policy?Children and youth vary in their developmental health due to differences in family economic security and exposure to toxic stress. The economic downturn has increased the challenges facing low-income children. The ARRA and the President's first budget …
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Assessment of Gaps and Needs of Access to Basic Infrastructure Services for the Poor in ChileThe Inter-American Development Banks (IADB) Building Opportunity for the Majority initiative, launched in June 2006, identified that inadequate access to basic infrastructure services (water, sanitation, electricity, urban transport and rural roads) …
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Evaluating Nursing Care Delivery ModelThe Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) is a healthcare industry leader world-renowned for its orthopedic and rheumatologic care. A four-time awardee of the Magnet Recognition for Nursing Excellence, HSS is committed to providing the highest quality of …
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Interpersonal relationships, dynamic reinforcement, and alliance performance, Proceedings of the 2021 Academy of Management MeetingMurray, G., Lewis, V.A., & D'Aunno, T. …
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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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Infant Mortality and Income in 4 World Cities: New York, London, Paris and TokyoVG. Rodwin, LG. Neuberg …
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Big Data in Survey Research AAPOR Task Force ReportRecent years have seen an increase in the amount of statistics describing different phenomena based on “Big Data.” This term includes data characterized not only by their large volume, but also by their variety and velocity, the organic way in which they …
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Citizen participation in planning and budgeting in the newly-devolved Kenyan countiesThe Agile Harmonized Assistance for Devolved Institutions (AHADI) is a USAID-funded program in Kenya designed to strengthen and enable local governments to implement the mandates of devolution as highlighted in the 2010 Constitution of Kenya. Citizen …
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From self-sufficiency to personal and family sustainability: A new paradigm for social policyCurrent social policy that affects welfare recipients focuses on the concept of "self-sufficiency" where leaving welfare for work is the goal. While this approach has reduced welfare rolls, it has not necessarily helped low-income people improve their …
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Understanding the Political Context of "New " Policy Issues: The Use of the Advocacy Coalition Framework in the Case of Expanded After-School ProgramsThis article uses the Advocacy Coalition Framework to identify the stakeholders and their coalitions in the arena of after-school policy, which drew much new attention beginning in the early 1990s in many American cities. Using evidence from case studies …
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"Understanding the Political Context of 'New' Policy Issues: The Use of the Advocacy Coalition Framework in the Case of Expanded After-School Programs"This article uses the Advocacy Coalition Framework to identify the stakeholders and their coalitions in the arena of after-school policy, which drew much new attention beginning in the early 1990s in many American cities. Using evidence from case studies …
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Developing an Infrastructure Scorecard for NYCThe New York Building Foundation provides grants to support professional development and education in the design, construction, and real estate industries in New York City. Although national and state infrastructure needs are well documented, …
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Do Housing Choice Voucher Holders Live Near Good SchoolsThe Housing Choice Voucher program was created, in part, to help low income households reach a broader range of neighborhoods and schools. Rather than concentrating low income households in designated developments, vouchers allow families to choose their …
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Disparities in food access around homes and schools for New York City childrenBrian D. Elbel, Kosuke Tamura, Zachary T. McDermott, Dustin Duncan, Jessica K. Athens, Erilia Wu, Tod Mijanovich, Amy Ellen Schwartz …
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Recent Data Are Needed to Support Public Health Training and Workforce InitiativesA letter to the editor and a response to the letter by Nancy L. Van Devanter about the shortage of public health professionals and the need to support efforts to enhance public health training are …
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Estimating the Effects of September 11th and Other Forms of Violence on the Mental Health and Social Development of New York City’s Youth: A Matter of ContextThis longitudinal study examines the effects of exposure to the terrorist attack of September 11th as well as exposure to other forms of community violence on change in the mental health and social attitudes of youths in New York City. Three quarters of …