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Cities, Air Quality, and Sustainable Development Goal 11Rapid urban population growth and increasing demand for key infrastructure services has resulted in deteriorating air quality in many cities around the world. This article discusses air quality in the context of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11: Make …
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Unintended Negative Consequences of Rewards for Student Attendance: Results from a Field Experiment in Indian ClassroomsIn an experiment in non-formal schools in Indian slums, a reward scheme for attending a target number of school days increased average attendance when the scheme was in place, but had heterogeneous effects after it was removed. Among students with high …
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IMPROVING BENEFITS AND ORGANIZATIONAL CULTUREEducation Reform Now (ERN) is a non-partisan, nonprofit think tank and advocacy organization that promotes increased resources and innovative reforms in K-16 public education, particularly for students of color and students from low-income families. ERN’s …
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Andrew TsuiDrawing on more than a decade of experience litigating on behalf of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the General Counsel for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Division, Andrew Tsui represents healthcare …
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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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Density and disaster: New models of disaster recovery for housing in high-density citiesWhen Superstorm Sandy struck the New York City metropolitan area, it brought to light serious limitations in the ability of federal disaster aid programs to serve the residents of high-cost, high-density cities. Our current models of rehousing, repair, …
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Student Dejian Zeng Worked in an iPhone Factory in China to See How Workers Were TreatedIt may just be possible that Dejian (Ken) Zeng had a role in assembling your iPhone. He spent six weeks toiling at a Shanghai factory where the ever-popular products are churned out. For Zeng (MPA 2017), whose NYU Wagner specialization is international …
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Access to, use of and satisfaction with health services among adults enrolled in Brazil’s Family Health Strategy: evidence from the 2008 National Household SurveyObjective To assess the effects of participation in Brazil’s primary healthcare programme (the Family Health Strategy or FHS) on access, use and satisfaction with health services among adults. Methods Data are from the 2008 National Household Survey …
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Alumni Affinity GropupsWe are in the process of launching Urban Planning, Consulting, and Finance Alumni Affinity Groups. If interested, please contact us at brian.stern@nyu.edu Would you like to start an Alumni Affinity Group? Contact us at wagner.alumni@nyu.edu . View …
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Chani A. CorderoLieutenant Colonel Chani A. Cordero is the Chief Operating Officer for Presidio of Monterey Health Services she is directly responsible for the day to day operations and improvement of several primary care clinics and responsible for creating patient care …
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Doctoral ProgramCurrent students and advisors, please use this portal to find documents, policies, and procedures. Expected Time Line for Degree Completion Expected Completion Research Methods year 1 – fall Advanced Empirical Methods year 1 – fall Preliminary …
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Confia – “El Futuro en Tus Manos”The Mexican community is one of the fastest growing immigrant communities in New York City and also one of the most disenfranchised and excluded from the financial sector. EA Consultants envisions a new organization, Confia, to empower the Mexican …
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Alumni Spotlight: Diana Mao (MPA 2008)Diana Mao (MPA 2008) is the Co-Founder and President of Nomi Network, an organization that she first envisioned creating during her time at NYU Wagner. Nomi Network’s mission is to end human trafficking by creating pathways to safe employment, empowering …
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The Prenatal Neighborhood Environment and Geographic Hotspots of Infants with At-risk Birthweights in New York CityCarol Duh-Leong, Hsiang Shonna Yin, Rachel S. Gross, Brian D. Elbel, Lorna Thorpe, Leonardo Trasande, Michelle J. White, Eliana M. Perrin, Arthur H. Fierman, David C. Lee … The Prenatal Neighborhood Environment and Geographic Hotspots of Infants with …
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Wagner Climate ActionMission The Wagner Climate Action (WCA) group insists that climate literacy and fluency in the emerging challenges of environmental sustainability and climate change are critically important to the development of public service professionals at NYU …
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Alumni in Action: Demystifying Regulations for Small Businesses"When you take perhaps the most complex city in the country, and you study urban planning at NYU Wagner, it's almost the most perfect equation for figuring out whatever the problem is in your city." After graduating from NYU Wagner, Harold returned to his …
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Portfolios of the Poor: How the World's Poor Live on $2 a DayPortfolios of the Poor: How the World's Poor Live on $2 a Day (Princeton University Press, 2009) tackles the fundamental question of how the poor make ends meet. Over 250 families in Bangladesh, India, and South Africa participated in this unprecedented …
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Developing and Measuring Key Indicators for HR ManagementMédecins du Monde (MdM) in Brussels, Belgium, provides emergency and long-term medical services to some of the most vulnerable populations in the world. Its staff consists of volunteers and full-time workers. In need of an integrated tool to ensure faster …
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FormsSpecialization Change form for MPA-PNP, MPA-Health, and MUP students Specialization Change Form Travel NYU Wagner Travel Form (Domestic and International Travel) NYU Global Travel Release Form (to be signed, scanned, and uploaded to the NYU Wagner …
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Displaced Migrants Action GroupMISSION The Displaced Migrants Action Group provides a space for students interested in displaced migration policy and practice to collaborate, share ideas, and innovate on new approaches to the multifaceted challenges facing people who are forced from …
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Gender, Race,Class and Welfare ReformThis study on welfare reform contends that race and gender coalesce through historic and contemporary government, policy and market failures to deny benefits and jobs to women of color while blaming them for their condition. It is divided into three …
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ADDRESSING BOTTLENECKING IN PATIENT CLINICSCommunity Healthcare Network (CHN) is a nonprofit organization that provides care to more than 85,000 predominantly low-income or uninsured New Yorkers of all ages throughout New York City. CHN engaged a Capstone team in identifying the causes of …
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Student Spotlight: Judy Huynh (MUP 2024)What motivated you to attend Wagner, a school of public service? NYU's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service offers high-quality programs in public service and policy that have a strong emphasis on social justice and developing leaders who …
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Quantifying the economic consequences of childhood obesity and potential benefits of interventionsThe article under evaluation analyzed healthcare utilization data from the German Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents, a representative cross-sectional survey that quantifies healthcare services and costs by category. The author …