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Evaluation of officer-involved domestic violence policy and implementationNew York State does not currently have a mandatory statewide policy for Officer-Involved Domestic Violence (OIDV). A strong domestic violence policy holds all domestic violence offenders accountable for their abusive behaviors, while prioritizing the …
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Major Expansion of Primary Care in Brazil Linked to Decline in Unnecessary HospitalizationIn 1994 Brazil launched what has since become the world’s largest community-based primary health care program. Under the Family Health Program, teams consisting of at least one physician, one nurse, a medical assistant, and four to six trained community …
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Dialysis/Apheresis Operational Excellence Task ForceNew York-Presbyterian Hospital (NYP)works to deliver excellent and cost-effective care, while simultaneously facing numerous challenges due to increasingly strict reimbursement criteria, multiple state and federal regulations, as well as stiff market …
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Game-Changing Economic Development in Newburgh, NYCommunity Voices Heard (CVH), an advocacy organization led by low-income people working to improve the lives of poor communities in Harlem, Newburgh, and Poughkeepsie, engaged the Capstone team to find game-changing economic development models that can …
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Improving Interdisciplinary Communication in Healthcare OrganizationsEffective interdisciplinary communication is associated with reduced length of stay, improved patient safety, and increased employee satisfaction. However, communication breakdowns are common in complex hospital settings and multiple communication …
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Arriving in NYCWhen you arrive in the US, you must complete the OGS Arrival Form and submit your immigration information to OGS online. You must also attend an OGS International Student Orientation . In Fall 2026, the OGS orientation for Wagner students will be in …
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Do Federally Assisted Households Have Access to High Performing Public Schools?A family’s housing unit provides more than simply shelter. It also provides a set of neighborhood amenities and a package of local public services, including, most critically, a local school. Yet housing and education policymakers rarely coordinate their …
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In Search of Public ServiceContrary to those who say that government must become more businesslike to compete, college seniors almost surely would recommend that government become more nonprofit-like, especially in reassuring potential recruits that they will be given a chance to …
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Is Segregation Bad for Your Health? The Case of Low Birth WeightThis paper explores the relationship between racial segregation and racial disparities in the prevalence of low birth weight. The paper has two parallel motivations. First, the disparities between black and white mothers in birth outcomes are large and …
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Ma Fides Talania, NYU Wagner, Named Global First Runner-Up of the 2021 NASPAA-Batten Student Simulation CompetitionThe Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA) and the University of Virginia Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy have announced the “All-Star”winners of the 2021 NASPAA-Batten Student Simulation Competition …
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Preventive Services Available to Adolescents At Risk of Entering New York City’s Foster Care SystemCitizens Committee for Children (CCC) is a 60-year old child advocacy organization whose mission is to ensure that every New York City child is healthy, housed, educated, and safe. CCC requested that the Capstone team study preventive services available …
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Preventive Services Available to Adolescents At Risk of Entering New York City’s Foster Care SystemCitizens Committee for Children (CCC) is a 60-year old child advocacy organization whose mission is to ensure that every New York City child is healthy, housed, educated, and safe. CCC requested that the Capstone team study preventive services available …
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Analysis of State Minimum Wages Correlated to Financial Products Used by Low-income HouseholdsSeveral states in recent years have instituted minimum wage policies to address a stagnant federal minimum wage. Historically, exclusions from mainstream banking, racially discriminatory lending policies, and financial industry deregulation have …
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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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Three Wagner Alumni Recognized as NYU Changemakers for the Public GoodThe NYU Alumni Associated has recognized three NYU Wagner alumni as "NYU Changemakers" for 2021-22, among a total of 11 University alumni so honored for helping to create a better world in their outstanding public service careers. Please join us in …
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Additional InformationAbout NYU Wagner NYU's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service prepares public service leaders to translate ideas into actions that have an effective and lasting impact on the public good. Our faculty’s research changes the way people frame, …
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Bryan PerlmutterWhy did you choose NYU Wagner for graduate school? Growing up and living my life in North Carolina as an organizer and being a part of starting nonprofit organizations such as the Southern Vision Alliance, I learned about how to build organization and …
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Ira L. SalomPlease describe how your experiences at NYU Wagner prepared you for your career? As a practitioner of clinical medicine, joining Wagner exposed me to a wide variety of students in several disciplines, which enriched my perspective in my day-to-day …
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Dispelling An Urban Legend: Frequent Emergency Department Users Have Substantial Burden Of DiseaseUrban legend has often characterized frequent emergency department (ED) patients as mentally ill substance users who are a costly drain on the health care system and who contribute to ED overcrowding because of unnecessary visits for conditions that could …
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JAMA essay by Prof. Leonardo Trasande eyes TSCA reform legislationNYU Wagner Professor Leonardo Trasande, (MPP, MD) writes in an upcoming issue of JAMA about the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) reform legislation. The legislation has been passed by both the House and the Senate in somewhat different forms, and the …
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Navigating Dangerous Streets: The Sources and Consequences of Street EfficacyThe concept of street efficacy, defined as the perceived ability to avoid violent confrontations and to be safe in one's neighborhood, is proposed as a mechanism connecting aspects of adolescents' "imposed" environments to the choices they make in …
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Getting it Together: Social and Institutional Obstacles to Getting off the StreetsAvoiding macrostructural or individualistic explanations as to why homeless individuals cannot get off the streets, this paper examines the social structure of street life as it impinges on a sample of homeless persons' chances of obtaining nonshelter …
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From Power to ActionIn the present research, the authors examined the effect of a message recipient's power on attitude change and introduced a new mechanism by which power can affect social judgment. In line with prior research that suggested a link between power and …