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Inconsistencies in Place Definition: How Different Operational Place Definitions Affect Estimates of Adolescent Smoking and Drinking RiskWe find that estimates of the prevalence of teenage smoking and drinking in “urban,” “suburban,” and “rural” areas vary with different definitions of these types of geographic units. Given the salience of youth risk behavior to the public debate, we urge …
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Inconsistencies in Place Definition: How Different Operational Place Definitions Affect Estimates of Adolescent Smoking and Drinking RiskWe find that estimates of the prevalence of teenage smoking and drinking in "urban," "suburban," and "rural" areas vary with different definitions of these types of geographic units. Given the salience of youth risk behavior to the public debate, we urge …
Faculty Profile
Christopher S. Besser… Christopher S. Besser received his PhD in Health Services Research, Management, and Policy at the University of Florida … Health, Quantitative Methods II, Select topics in Advanced Research Methods, and Economics of Health Policy. He has …
Capstone Projects
Community Model for Improving Child Wellness on Staten Island… key drivers of childhood obesity on Staten Island and research evidence-based models. Through metadata, key … resources, norms, and barriers. The team also conducted research on effective community-based models and …
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Where, When, Why, and For Whom Do Residential Contexts Matter? Moving Away from the Dichotomous Understanding of Neighborhood Effects… in heterogeneous ways. In other words, we review research that examines where, when, why, and for whom do … and educational and cognitive outcomes as an example, the research we review suggests that any attempt to reduce the …
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Politics Is the Issue: A Response to Robert Myers… surrounding the use of confidentiality as a condition of research; Cause of the declining accuracy of the late 1970's …
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Chicago's Disposable-Bag Tax is Working, Study Finds… The findings, from a joint study by Homonoff, ideas42 (a research organization), and the University of Chicago’s … their behavior,” explains Professor Homonoff. Previous research has shown that offering financial rewards to …
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NYC Health + Hospitals Leader Gives Keynote at Healthcare Policy Conference at NYU Wagner… Délégation Générale, New York, supporting his comparative research on health care systems in major cities of the world. …
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Master of Public Administration (MPA) — Health Policy & Management… The capstone program, which is a year-long consulting or research project, puts you out in the world to resolve a …
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Members of the NYU Wagner Community Named to Mayoral Councils on Restarting NYC Economy… services, and education. The areas reflect focal points of research and learning at the graduate school of public …
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Professor Julia Lane Wins 2018 Public Sector Innovation Award… The US Census Bureau's Administrative Data Research Facility (ADRF), led by Professor Julia Lane , has …
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Editorial by Prof. Victor Rodwin Looks at BRIC Health Systems and Big Pharma… these tensions represents an emerging area of research and an important challenge for all those who work in …
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Explaining Sibling Differences in Achievement and Behavioral Outcomes: The Importance of Within- and Between-Family Factors… Most research on child behavioral and cognitive outcomes focuses … a number of other characteristics constant. However, this research is limited in that it does not capture variation in …
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Are people happier in locations of high property value? Spatial temporal analytics of activity frequency, public sentiment and housing price using Twitter data.… to utilize in future urban and spatial geographical research . …
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CAP-GP.3227
Capstone: Advanced Projects in International Development Policy and Management II… opportunities for a client organization or conducting research on a pressing social question. Wagner's Capstone …Webpage
Registration ChecklistSummer 2026 Registration Information Registration for Summer 2026 begins on Monday, February 9 at 9:00am ET. Summer 2026 courses are viewable in the Albert Course Search as part of Academic Year 2025-2026. In order to be prepared for the start of …
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CAP-GP.3802
Capstone: Advanced Projects in Health Finance, Management, and Policy II… opportunities for a client organization or conducting research on a pressing social question. Wagner's Capstone …Faculty Profile
Andrew Barnhill… House Blueprint on Drug Pricing. Barnhill’s teaching and research interests are concentrated in the politics of …
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Alumni Spotlight: Mahima Sharda (MPA 2022)… your current job. In my role at Dasra, I contribute to the Research and Insights team, specializing in conducting comprehensive research and distilling complex data to produce actionable …
Capstone Projects
Understanding the Unintended Effects of Youth-Targeted Alcohol Control Policies… must be adopted by states. While there is a large body of research regarding the impact these Acts had upon traffic fatalities, less research has been conducted on the unintended impacts. Using …
Capstone Projects
Municipal Action to Phase-Out the Use of Perchloroethylene (perc) by Dry Cleaners… on the health hazards of perc and undertook extensive research on the alternatives to perc and initiatives in other … trade association and government communication, support of research and development for alternative dry cleaning …
Capstone Projects
An Urban Environmental Education Model Center for Harlem… by each environmental center. It is expected that this research will provide WE ACT with information the …
Capstone Projects
Analysis of Caregiver Service Needs and Identification of Potential Funding Sources for Their Provision… caregiver market. The Capstone team conducted both primary research (phone and in-person interviews) and secondary research (examining available literature) to identify the …
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Improving Nonprofit Operations Through a Fiscal Policies and Procedures Manual… Based on feedback from the interviews and additional research, the team presented additional recommendations for …