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MPA Student's Encounter with the Former President of Planned Parenthood… experience. Having been very nervous and ignorant about testing options at that age, I was fortunate to learn about the organization. Suffice it to say that the … granted access. Cecile spoke with encyclopedic knowledge about hot-button social issues like the gender wage gap …
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Medicare Coverage, Supplemental Insurance, and the Use of Mammography in Older WomenBACKGROUND. On January 1, 1991, the Medicare program began offering reimbursement for screening mammography every two years. This study examined the use of mammography in women covered by Medicare during the first two years that the screening benefit was …
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Selected Projects… across the country to push the national conversation about leadership and feature the role of community …
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Disappearing acts: The social networks of formerly homeless individuals with co-occurring disordersStudies of the social lives of men and women living with co-occurring disorders (substance abuse and serious mental illness) suggest that social networks critically influence recovery. In this paper, we examine some of the reasons that the social networks …
Alumni In Action
Rochelle Brahalla… school gardens at public schools. I’d always been curious about how the built environment impacts social processes, … a graduate student at Wagner, I started out thinking more about complex policy challenges as they relate to city … ideas, then quickly faced information overload, thinking about all these different ways of applying what I learned in …
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Jennifer Blum Named to City & State’s 2024 Responsible 100 for Leadership and Social Responsibility… them to reach their full potential," she says. "It’s about lifting others up and ensuring everyone has the …
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Pathways to Politics: Analyzing Motivations and Enabling Factors for Women in Politics in Chittagong Hill Tracts, BangladeshThe Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) is an area characterized by a complex social and political environment and located in the south-eastern corner of Bangladesh. CHT has remained largely outside the mainstream of development assistance for more than 25 years …
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Co-Lead Lab… in Action at Wagner; Engage in an ongoing learning process about new leadership perspectives and practice the associated … dynamic systems. Led by Synergos . For more information about Co-Lead Lab, contact Professor Sonia M. Ospina . You …
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Developing an Alumni Ambassador ProgramThe Women’s Enterprise Development Center (WEDC) provides women and minorities in Westchester County and the Hudson Valley with opportunities for business ownership. WEDC hosts a 60-hour entrepreneurial training program that assists its students with …
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The WINGS Project: Modeling intervention effectiveness for high-risk womenThis study evaluates the effectiveness of two strategies�communication and condom skills training�for increasing condom-protected sex in a sample of 510 high-risk women ages 17 to 61. Baseline and 3- and 6-month postintervention interview data were …
Alumni In Action
Jennifer Maulsby… scholarship for Wagner students. Jennifer lectures about "The Promise of Public Service and the Power of …
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Do We Get What We Pay For? Cost-Effectiveness of Adding Contingency Management.Aims To assess the relative cost-effectiveness of lower versus higher cost prize-based contingency management (CM) treatments for cocaine abuse. Design Cost-effectiveness analyses based on resource utilization, unit costs and outcomes from a previous CM …
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ADVANCING GENDER-RESPONSIVE PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
AND BUDGETINGThe World Bank’s Governance Global Practice (GGP) works with countries facing governance issues to build capable, transparent, and inclusive institutions. Governments use Gender-Responsive Public Financial Management (GRPFM), also known as Gender- …
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Online Courses… to refresh and reset. Make it personal. Think critically about how that assignment could help you in the future and …
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Margaret diZerega… Tell us about your current public service work. Can you briefly … service? During my capstone project, I started learning about the issues surrounding prisoner reentry. We gained a … Ingrid Ellen. I would have really benefited from learning about program evaluation from a theoretical perspective in …
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Event Recap: Careers in Labor Rights Panel… of labor support groups, Guallpa shared a story about a group of Ecuadorian female migrant workers who were …
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Financial Access Initiative (FAI) Launches Research Study to Shed Light on Hidden Lives of Small Firms… of statistical research, fundamental questions remain about why some grow, and some stagnate,” said Jonathan … Timothy Ogden, FAI’s Managing Director. To learn more about the project and to subscribe to research updates, go to …
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The effect of term limits on legislator diversityTheoretically, legislatures that reflect the demographics of their electorates better represent their constituents’ interests. However, American state legislatures often do not mirror the racial, ethnic, and/or gender makeup of the citizens they …
Alumni In Action
Madina P. Ouedraogo… legacy much greater than yourself. Can you tell us a bit about your job responsibilities? The role of the Policy Team …
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Creating Sustainable Solutions in Developing Countries through Gender Equality… unfair consequences of being poor. I feel very strongly about how poor people get blamed for being poor; some people …
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NYU Wagner honors 375 graduating students at 2018 Convocation… all the very different things you’ve learned at Wagner is about basing your choices on solid evidence,” Dean Glied was … lives, and develop resilience, a deep sense of curiosity about the lives and communities of others, a keen listening …
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SPRING 2022 LEAD & PARKE Fellows … statewide elected official in Texas. Rachel is passionate about voting rights and previously interned with the Voting … and Political Action Association. She is passionate about electing progressive women. As a LEAD Fellow, Daisy … Kartika Fuentes is a Bronx native and is passionate about replacing oppressive institutions with life-affirming …
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The Long-Term Effects of Military Conscription on Mortality: Estimates From the Vietnam-Era Draft Lottery… of conscription that have, in the past, led to concern about a potential exclusion restriction violation in …
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The World Cities Project: Rationale, Organization, and Design for Comparison of Megacity Health Systems… nations; and (3) the existence of data and scholarship about these world cities, which provides a foundation for …