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A Facilitator’s Guide to Increasing Civic Participation and Leadership Among Young Women in Emerging DemocraciesThe International Organization for Adolescents (IOFA) is a nonprofit organization that was founded in response to the gap in programming and services for adolescents around the world. To meet the challenges specifically facing young women, IOFA developed …
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Amenable Mortality and Neighborhood Inequality: An Ecological Study of São PauloThis article uses an ecological study design to explore intraurban health inequality in São Paulo by examining neighborhood‐level changes in mortality amenable to medical care. We use 2003–2013 data for 95 city districts of São Paulo and apply a random …
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Dominance of alpha and iota variants in SARS-CoV-2 vaccine breakthrough infections in New York CityRalf Duerr, Dacia Dimartino, Christian Marier, Paul Zappile, Guiqing Wang, Jennifer Lighter, Brian D. Elbel, Andrea B. Troxel, Adriana …
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Gateway to Opportunity? Disparities in Neighborhood Conditions Among Low-Income Housing Tax Credit ResidentsIngrid Gould Ellen, Keren Horn, and Yiwen Kuai …
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Portfolio Choices of Parents and Their Children as Young Adults: Asset Accumulation among African-American FamiliesNo abstract available. …
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Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living AloneKlinenberg, Eric. …
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Neighborhood-level risk factors for severe hyperglycemia among ED patients without a prior diabetes diagnosisChristian Koziatek, Isaac Bohart, [...], Daniel B. Neill, David Lee …
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A Matched Analysis of the Association Between Federally Mandated Smoke-Free Housing Policies and Health Outcomes Among Medicaid-enrolled Children in Subsidized Housing, 2015-2019, New York CitySmoke-free housing policies are intended to reduce the deleterious health effects of secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure, but there is limited evidence regarding their health impacts. We examined associations between implementation of a federal smoke-free …
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NYU Wagner Chosen to Participate in Public Service Education Recruitment Effort for Military Veterans and Military Family Members‘Service to Service’ initiative aims to build a cadre of graduate students who will take up leadership positions in state and local government nationwide. Press Release The Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University has been …
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Alumni Spotlight: Jake Peña (MPA-PNP 2025)A former Bloomberg Fellow and co-chair of the Association of Latinx Students and Allies in Public Service (ALAS) , Jake Peña’s motivation to make a difference through philanthropy brought him to The New York Community Trust . The Trust is New York’s …
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Incremental charges, costs, and length of stay associated with obesity as a secondary diagnosis among pregnant womenTrasande L, Lee M, Liu Y, Weitzman M, Savitz D. …
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The Relationship of Residential Instability to Medical Care Utilization Among Poor Mothers in New York CityDuchon, L.M., Weitzman, B.C. & Shinn, M. …
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Predictors of shelter use among low income families: Psychiatric history, substance abuse, and victimizationWeitzman, B.C., Knickman, J.R., and Shinn, M. …
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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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Predictors of homelessness from shelter request to housing stability among families in New York CityShinn, M., Weitzman, B.C., Stojanovic, D., Knickman, J.R., Jimenez, L., Duchon, L., James, S., and Krantz, D.H. …
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Leveraging NYCHA?s Purchasing Power: A Feasibility Study of a Purchasing Collaboration Among Public Housing AuthoritiesThe New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), along with other public housing authorities throughout the country, has seen a major decrease in subsidies from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development since 2001. Now, with a deficit of $198 …
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ProPSA and Diagnostic Biopsy Tissue DNA Content Combination Improves Accuracy to Predict Need for Prostate Cancer Treatment Among Men Enrolled in an Active Surveillance ProgramObjectives : To assess a novel application of the Prostate Health Index (phi) and biopsy tissue DNA content in benign-adjacent and cancer areas to predict which patients would eventually require treatment of prostate cancer in the Proactive Surveillance …
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City & State Tabs Three NYU Wagner Community Members for 2024 Hudson Valley Power 100The Hudson Valley is a dynamic region with influential leaders shaping its future, and City & State has acknowledged three NYU Wagner alumni among the movers and shakers in its 2024 Hudson Valley Power 100 list. 16. Steven Otis (MPA 1982), New York State …
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Same as it ever was, only worse: Negative life events and poverty among New Orleans Katrina survivorsThis study is a qualitative grounded theory examination of the pre- and post-Katrina life of hurricane survivors. Forty heads of households with school-age children who lived in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina were interviewed 6 to 8 months apart. …
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Inviting Consumers To Downsize Fast-Food Portions Significantly Reduces Calorie ConsumptionPolicies that mandate calorie labeling in fast-food and chain restaurants have had little or no observable impact on calorie consumption to date. In three field experiments, we tested an alternative approach: activating consumers’ self-control by having …
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Association of financial hardship with poor sleep health outcomes among men who have sex with menSu Hyun Park, Yazan A. Al-Ajlouni, Lauren Hale, Girardin Jean-Louis, William C. Goedel, Basile Chaix, Brian D. Elbel …
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Financial Hardship, Condomless Anal Intercourse and HIV Risk Among Men Who Have Sex with MenDuncan DT, Park SH, Schneider JA, Al-Ajlouni YA, Goedel WC, Elbel B, Morganstein JG, Ransome Y, Mayer KH …
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Mother-Child Separations Among Homeless and Housed Families Receiving Public Assistance in New York CityWe examined the incidence, characteristics, and predictors of separations of children from mothers in 543 poor families receiving public assistance, 251 of whom had experienced homelessness during the previous 5 years. Forty-four percent of the homeless …
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The influence of substance use, social sexual environment, psychosocial factors, and partner characteristics on high-risk sexual behavior among young Black and Latino men who have sex with men living with HIV: A qualitative studyUnderstanding the sexual risk behaviors of youths living with HIV/AIDS is critical to secondary prevention of HIV. As part of a larger qualitative study of youths living with HIV, in-depth interviews were conducted with 27 African American and Latino, …