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ADDRESSING THE SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH EDUCATION GAP IN THE USThe goal of the Seggs Library App is to tackle the sexual and reproductive health education gap in the US. Only 29 states require any form of sex education and the gap in education is growing due to the recent overturning of Roe v. Wade, a lack of …
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IMPACT OF SCHOOL REOPENINGS ON WORKING MOTHERS’ FINANCIAL DISTRESSSchool closures during the Covid-19 pandemic worsened employment outcomes for working mothers. Many working mothers decreased their total working hours in order to accommodate needed care, and childcare costs also increased. The Capstone team sought to …
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CREATING A SOCIAL JUSTICE EDUCATOR’S HANDBOOKBroadway for Arts Education (BAE) is a NYC-based youth development nonprofit that provides arts education to students in underserved communities. BAE’s programming includes dance, music, and theater. BAE and its Teaching Artists (TA) serve roughly 2,000 …
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Calvin HadleyCAN YOU TELL US A BIT ABOUT YOUR JOB RESPONSIBILITIES?  I’m the incoming assistant provost for academic partnerships and student engagement at Howard University, which is a historically black university. This new role is a transition from my earlier …
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North Shore–LIJ Health SystemThe Department of Procurement and Contract Management’s primary involvement in compliance involves conforming to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996. The HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules state that a covered entity is …
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New York University Downtown HospitalThe resident played a lead role in the DME (Durable Medical Equipment) Program. During her rotation in the Rehabilitation Clinic, the resident learned that the hospital had been giving out durable medical equipment, such as canes and crutches, to the …
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Decentralization and Local Economic Development Strategies in Latin AmericaThe Capstone team has provided a framework for discussion of a series of case studies on decentralization and local economic development (LED) in Latin America. The case studies are one of the few sources that provide examples of current LED efforts in …
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Manager Development ProgramToday's healthcare environment presents many challenges to nurse leaders, and effective leadership training for nurses is essential to successful transitions from the clinical to the managerial role. Addressing critical competencies and developing the …
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Decentralization in CambodiaDecentralization in Cambodia has been an evolving process of transitions and reforms that impact the fundamental structure and operations of government. The Asia Foundation is a nonprofit, non­governmental organization committed to supporting Asian …
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Minding the Gap: Exploring State Factors Associated with the Black­White Test Score Gap"Racial inequality has been a persistent failing in American education. The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) requires that states decrease the size of achievement gaps between racial subgroups each year and close all test score gaps by 2014. …
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Consumer Borrowing After Payday Loan BansHigh-interest payday loans have proliferated in recent years; so too have efforts to regulate them. Yet how borrowers respond to such regulations remains largely unknown. Drawing on both administrative and survey data, we exploit variation in …
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LEVERAGING PHILANTHROPY TO ADVANCE ANTI-DISCRIMINATION EFFORTS IN RENTAL HOUSINGIt has been 55 years since the passage of the Fair Housing Act, yet housing discrimination continues to impact people of color disproportionately. The Wells Fargo Foundation tasked the Capstone team with designing a grantmaking strategy to advance …
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IMPACT OF NYC LOCAL LAW 33 ON GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONSThe Capstone team investigated the impact of public efficiency grade disclosure on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions among large buildings in New York City. Leveraging data from the NYC Energy & Water Performance Map, the team analyzed 48,334 buildings over …
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Global Inclusion ResourcesInitiatives at NYU Wagner We offer numerous opportunities for the NYU Wagner community to engage in and support Global Inclusion initiatives. Who To Go To For What The New York University Bias Response Line provides a mechanism through which members of …
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Persistent inequalities in health and access to health services: Evidence from New York CityIn Manhattan, the rate of hospital discharges for avoidable hospital conditions (AHC), a measure of access to timely and effective ambulatory care, fell by nearly 50 percent between 1999 and 2013. Despite this remarkable improvement, there has been …
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ANALYZING FACTORS FOR SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION TO PERMANENT HOUSINGThe Fortune Society has been a leader in rehabilitating incarcerated individuals and reintegrating formerly incarcerated individuals into society. The Fortune Society facilitates reintegration by providing housing, including emergency housing for homeless …
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State Cannabis Laws and Substance Use Disorder Treatment Admissions In 2017, over 70,000 Americans died from drug overdose. An emerging body of research suggests that medical cannabis (MC) legalization policies can serve as a response to the opioid epidemic and are associated with decreases in overdose death, opioid …
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Ascendant Public Opinion: The Rising Influence of Climate Change on Americans’ Attitudes about the EnvironmentHere we document an under-studied but important phenomenon that we call ascendant public opinion , which emerges when a new concern is framed as an instance of a broader issue and gains ascendancy over that issue in the public’s mind. We focus on the …
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The Fiscal Challenge of an Aging Population in the U.S.This chapter examines the fiscal challenge posed by the aging of the U.S. population. We summarize the likely future of U.S. demographics, focusing on the evolution of the dependency ratio. We describe the main U.S. government programs related to aging …
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How States Stand to Gain or Lose Federal Funds by Opting In or Out of the Medicaid ExpansionFollowing the Supreme Court's decision in 2012, state officials are now deciding whether to expand their Medicaid programs under the Affordable Care Act. While the states' costs of participating in the Medicaid expansion have been at the forefront of this …
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Emergency Department Use: The New York StoryThe inability of the nation's health care delivery system to assure access to basic primary care services for large segments of the population has meant that hospital emergency departments (EDs) are the providers of first and last resort for millions of …
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Emergency Department Use in New York City: A Substitute for Primary Care?For the uninsured and many low-income people, hospital emergency departments (EDs) are a crucial entryway to the health care system. New York City's uninsured-27 percent of the nonelderly population in 1998, up from 20 percent in 1990-rely heavily on the …
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Predicting Cognitive Control From Preschool to Late Adolescence and Young AdulthoodIn this longitudinal study, the proportion of time preschoolers directed their attention away from rewarding stimuli during a delay-of-gratification task was positively associated with efficiency (greater speed without reduced accuracy) at responding to …
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The utility of social capital in studies on health determinantsSocial capital has become a popular subject in the literature on determinants of health. The concept of social capital has been used in the sociological, political science, and economic development literatures, as well as in the health inequalities …
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