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Crowdsourcing for food purchase receipt annotation via amazon mechanical turk: A feasibility studyWenhua Lu, Alexandra Guttentag, Brian D. Elbel, Kamila Kiszko, Courtney Abrams, Thomas Kirchner …
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Developing Impact Measurement and Sustainable PartnershipsHigh Water Women is a nonprofit organization focused on the economic empowerment of women and youth. The organization enlisted the Capstone team to solve its lack of sustainable funding sources and cohesive programming. To attract funders, High Water …
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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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A Randomized Trial of Nurse Specialist Home Care for Women with High Risk Pregnancies: Outcomes and CostsOBJECTIVE: To examine prenatal, maternal, and infant outcomes and costs through 1 year after delivery using a model of prenatal care for women at high risk of delivering low-birthweight infants in which half of the prenatal care was provided in women’s …
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Primary Care and Avoidable Hospitalizations: Evidence from BrazilThis article provides evidence of the effectiveness of family-based, community-oriented primary healthcare programs on the reduction of ambulatory care sensitive hospitalizations in Brazil. Between 1998 and 2002, expansions of the Family Health Program …
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Alumni Spotlight: Mahima Sharda (MPA 2022)Where do you work? I currently work at Dasra, a philanthropic consultancy based in Mumbai, India. Describe your current job. In my role at Dasra, I contribute to the Research and Insights team, specializing in conducting comprehensive research and …
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Telephone Smoking Cessation Counseling for Smokers in Mental Health Clinics: a Patient-Randomized Controlled TrialE. Rogers, D. Smelson, C. Gillespie, B. Elbel, S. Poole, H. Hagedorn, D. Kalman, P. Krebs, Y. Fang, B. Wang, S.E. Sherman. …
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Effects of childhood obesity on hospital care and costs, 1999-2005Childhood obesity is increasingly recognized as an epidemic, but the economic consequences have not been well quantified. We evaluated trends in obesity-associated hospitalizations, charges, and costs using 1999-2005 data from a nationally representative …
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Information System to Analyze Lessons Learned in United Nations Capital Development Fund Program EvaluationsThe United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) is a member of the United Nations Development Program group, established as a special purpose fund primarily for small-scale investment through local development programs and microfinance operations in …
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Information System to Analyze Lessons Learned in United Nations Capital Development Fund Program EvaluationsThe United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) is a member of the United Nations Development Program group, established as a special purpose fund primarily for small-scale investment through local development programs and microfinance operations in …
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EVALUATING BUS TERMINALS AND REROUTES FOR THE MIDTOWN BUS
TERMINAL RECONSTRUCTIONThe Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) is a bi-state agency that operates and maintains tunnels, bridges, and bus terminals, among other transportation facilities. PANYNJ is planning the reconstruction of its Midtown Bus Terminal on its …
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EVALUATING USERSHIP IN BUFFALO'S OLMSTED PARKThe Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy (BOPC) engaged the Capstone team to create a methodology to collect, analyze, and present data on park usership to better understand how many people are using its parks. The team reviewed case studies and literature …
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Managing municipal assets in world heritage cities in Sri LankaIn partnership with the World Bank, the Sri Lankan government is developing key cities through the Strategic Cities Development Project (SCDP). The main objective of the SCDP is the improvement of selected urban services and public urban spaces in …
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Issuance and Incidence: SNAP Benefit Cycles and Grocery PricesMany safety-net programs issue benefits as monthly lump-sum payments. We investigate how the timing of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit issuance affects food purchases and the incidence of the transfer. Using retail scanner data …
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CYC: What Employers Look F.O.R.Is my resume targeted to a field of interest and/or type of work? Do I need various versions of my resume? (e.g. a fundraising resume, a programmatic resume, a housing resume, a youth-based resume) Is my resume geared towards the needs of the employer and …
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Congresswoman Grace Meng is Named as NYU Wagner’s Distinguished Visiting Urbanist for Fall 2023U.S. Congresswoman Grace Meng will join NYU Wagner as Distinguished Visiting Urbanist for the Fall of 2023. During her time collaborating with students and faculty, the highly dynamic, skilled, and accomplished Representative will teach a course titled …
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Parental Educational Investment and Children's Academic RiskThis study uses exogenous variation in sibling sex composition to estimate the causal effect of sibship size on boys' probabilities of private school attendance and grade retention. Using the 1990 U.S. Census, we find that for second-born boys, increased …
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Exposure to 9/11 Among Youth and Their Mothers in New York City: Enduring Associations with Mental Health and Sociopolitical AttitudesThe enduring impact of exposure to the 9/11 terrorist attacks on mental health and sociopolitical attitudes was examined in a sample of 427 adolescents ( M = 16.20 years) and their mothers residing in New York City. Direct exposure to the terrorist …
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Undergraduate Major in Public PolicyWhether it is climate change, inequality, urban congestion, privacy, affordable healthcare, terrorism or nonproliferation, the public challenges we face are more complicated than ever before, and addressing them effectively requires several sophisticated …
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Gender Disparities in the Juvenile Justice SystemThe Capstone team assisted the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Legal Aid Society - Juvenile Rights Division (LASJRD) in determining whether there are gender disparities in the New York juvenile justice system. After a comprehensive …
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Treating Obesity in Asian and Hispanic Patients In the Lower East Side: A Prevalence Study and Needs AssessmentThe Capstone team was asked by Gouverneur Treatment and Diagnostic Center to conduct a prevalence study and needs assessment for the conditions of obesity or being overweight in the patient population. The team first took a random sample of demographic …
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Treating Obesity in Asian and Hispanic Patients In the Lower East Side: A Prevalence Study and Needs AssessmentThe Capstone team was asked by Gouverneur Treatment and Diagnostic Center to conduct a prevalence study and needs assessment for the conditions of obesity or being overweight in the patient population. The team first took a random sample of demographic …
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Neighborhood Effects on Health: Exploring the Links and Assessing the EvidenceThis article is an extensive review of the relationship between neighborhood and health and methodological challenges. The authors categorize the ways neighborhood might affect health in three ways: direct threats created by the neighborhood's …
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Affordable Housing Finance in UgandaThe United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) is the UN’s capital investment agency, focused on promoting investment in the public and private sectors to scale up innovative financing mechanisms for the world’s poorest people. UNCDF engaged a …