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Health status and health care utilization among New York City home attendants: An illustration of the needs of working poor immigrant womenWeitzman, B.C. and Berry, C.A. …
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Impact of employment-based health insurance on home attendants.Weitzman, B.C. and Berry, C.A. …
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Power, Propensity to Negotiate, and Moving First in Competitive InteractionsFive experiments investigated how the possession and experience of power affects the initiation of competitive interaction. In Experiments 1a and 1b, high-power individuals displayed a greater propensity to initiate a negotiation than did low-power …
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Following the Money: Using Expenditure Analysis as an Evaluation ToolThis article describes the nature and utility of fiscal analysis in evaluating complex community interventions. Using New York University's evaluation of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Urban Health Initiative as an example, the authors describe …
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Teen Pregnancy and Urban Youth: Competing Truths, Complacency, and Perceptions of the ProblemPurpose: To compare and contrast perceptions of community leaders, adults, and youth about the extent of the teen pregnancy problem in five American cities: Baltimore, Detroit, Oakland, Philadelphia, and Richmond. Conclusions: Although few leaders see …
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Integrating a Comparison Group Design into a Theory of Change Evaluation: The Case of the Urban Health InitiativeThis paper describes how we strengthened the theory of change approach to evaluating a complex social initiative by integrating it with a quasi-experimental, comparison group design. We also demonstrate the plausibility of selecting a credible comparison …
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Valuing Improvement in Value Based PurchasingBackground Medicare will soon implement hospital value-based purchasing (VBP), using a scoring system that rewards both achievement (absolute performance) and improvement (performance increase over time). However , improvement is defined so as to give …
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New York CityAt any given moment, about 3 million American women, men, and children are homeless. And another 5 million Americans spend over 50% of their incomes on housing, meaning that one missed paycheck, one health crisis, or one unpaid utility bill can push them …
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The Effect of the MassHealth Hospital Pay-for-Performance Program on QualityObjective. To test the effect of Massachusetts Medicaid's (MassHealth) hospital-based pay-for-performance (P4P) program, implemented in 2008, on quality of care for pneumonia and surgical infection prevention (SIP). Data. Hospital Compare process of care …
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Factors affecting housing comfort among formerly homeless families: Housing quality or individual vulnerabilities?Berry, C.A. and Weitzman, B.C. …
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Efforts to Improve Public Policy and Programs Through Improved "Data Practice": Experiences in Fifteen Distressed American Cities"Philanthropies and government agencies interested in children's issues are encouraging localities to improve the process of collecting, linking, and sharing microdata and aggregated summary statistics. An implicit assumption of these efforts is that …
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Race, Segregation, and Physicians' Participation in MedicaidMany studies have explored the extent to which physicians’ characteristics and Medicaid program factors influence physicians’ decisions to accept Medicaid patients. In this article, we turn to patient race/ethnicity and residential segregation as …
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Setting an Agenda for Local Action: The Limits of Expert Opinion and Community VoiceMany social programs, funded by government or philanthropy, begin with efforts to improve local conditions with strategic planning. Mandated by funders, these processes aim to include the views of community residents and those with technical expertise. …
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Information, Access, Mentorship: Three Key Components that Lead to Success for First-Generation College StudentsBy Liz Hensler (MPA-PNP), Manager of Corporate and Community Engagement, iMentor Growing up as a public high school student in semi-rural Pennsylvania, I saw firsthand the difference that information and support can make in college enrollment and …
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HousingBeyond building more housing, how will the next mayor of New York City create a more balanced, comprehensive and equitable housing plan that addresses the range of challenges that housing creates? Housing has many challenges in New York City, from …
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Social Impact, Innovation, and Investment students use team-generated Capstone option to launch startup ideasWhile NYU Wagner’s Capstone program has traditionally focused on a direct client project, one of the newer Master of Public Administration specializations has provided students with a chance to take an entrepreneurial approach to the crowning piece of …
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Four NYU Wagner teams are headed to the 300K Challenge Semifinals with their entrepreneurial innovationsYou may not have heard of Sorty McSortFace yet, but one day it might help increase the recycling of commercial waste in New York City, a significant environmental and business objective. Then there’s motivote—another promising entrepreneurial idea. It …
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Patrick OwensWhat were you doing before you came to NYU Wagner? What brought you to the EMPA Program, and how did your time at NYU Wagner help you further your career in public service? I had a 30-year career in banking and investment banking. I launched and managed …
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Fundraising Assessment and Action PlanThe Asian American Film Lab (AAFL) works to promote gender and ethnic diversity in films and elevate the voices of underrepresented groups. Each year, AAFL hosts several activities that are critical to the organization’s fundraising goals, including its …
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Wagner Student AssociationThe Wagner Student Association (WSA) is the student government and council of New York University's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. Mission The Wagner Student Association (WSA) is the student government and council of New York …
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Student Spotlight: Sita Goetschius (MPA 2023)Serving as the engagement director for the Wagner Diversity Council (WDC), Sita works to ensure that all students feel welcome and foster opportunities for intentional discourse, practice, and action around diversity and inclusion. What motivated you to …
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STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE DATA AND COMMUNICATIONS PRACTICESNew York Peace Institute (NYPI) is a community dispute and resolution center (CDRC) that provides mediation, conflict coaching, group facilitation, and restorative justice services to promote peace in Manhattan and Brooklyn communities. Research around …