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Housing Policy Must Change in Wake of COVID-19Ingrid Gould Ellen, Katherine O'Regan, and Sophie House …
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Is Biology Destiny: Birth Weight and Life ChancesTwo key questions are addressed regarding the intersection of socioeconomic status, biology, and low birth weight over the life course. First, do the income and other socioeconomic conditions of a mother during her pregnancy affect her chances of having a …
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Health Management Education Partnerships: More Than Technology TransferThis article presents the reflections of three faculty members from New York University based on more than two years of experience in a health management education (HME) partnership with institutions in the Republic of Albania. The most significant point …
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Master of Public Administration (MPA) in Public & Nonprofit Management & PolicyRally support and mobilize resources to drive systemic changes that align with social and political goals. …
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Growing Older in Hong Kong, New York and LondonDeclining birth rates, increasing longevity and urbanization have created a new challenge for cities: how to respond to an ageing population. Although population ageing and urbanization are not new concerns for national governments around the world, the …
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Opening the market for lower cost hearing aids: Regulatory change can improve the health of older AmericansHearing loss is a leading cause of disability among older people. Yet only one in seven US adults who could benefit from a hearing aid uses one. This fraction has not increased over the past 30 years, nor have hearing aid prices dropped, despite trends of …
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Changes in ten years of social inequalities in health among elderly Brazilians (1998-2008)OBJECTIVE: To assess the changes in income-related inequalities in health conditions and in the use of health services among elderly Brazilians. METHODS: Representative samples of the Brazilian population aged 60 years and more were analyzed between 1998 …
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The Opportunity of Transition: Executive Leadership Services as a Framework for ChangeThe Support Center for Nonprofit Management provides services designed to increase the effectiveness of nonprofit leaders, enabling nonprofit organizations to better serve their clients and communities. Among their offerings, they provide Executive …
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Care Management at New York-Presbyterian: An Opportunity for ChangeCare management is a collaborative process of assessment, planning, facilitation, and advocacy to meet a patient's health needs through communication and available resources to promote quality, cost-effective outcomes. At New York-Presbyterian Hospital, …
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Julia Watt-RosenfeldJulia Watt-Rosenfeld has been a community organizer in New York City for 20 years, working to preserve affordable housing, improve schools, prevent displacement of working class BIPOC New Yorkers and, most recently, pass climate legislation. She has …
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URPL-GP.2625
Environmental Infrastructure for Sustainable CitiesThis class is about the infrastructure systems that make up the built environment of cities, and that can make cities more or less sustainable and equitable. As humans face concurrent crises of climate change and inequality, most of the earth’s population …Publication
Climate Change Will Increase Local Government Fiscal Stress in the U.S.Elizabeth Gilmore, Carolyn Kousky, and Travis St.Clair …
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Hunger and Food Security in a Global Perspective (in Ghana at NYU Accra)Hunger and Food Security in a Global Perspective (in Ghana at NYU Accra, Summer 2011) …
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The Starting Gate: Birth Weight and Life ChancesSeven percent of newborns in the United States weigh in at less than five and one half pounds. These "low birth weight" babies face challenges that others will never know--challenges that begin with a greater risk of infant mortality and extend well into …
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Curb Parking Pricing for Local Residents: An Exploration in New York City Based on Willingness to PayThis paper investigates the feasibility of charging residents for on-street parking in dense urban neighborhoods as a way to clear parking supply and demand. We elicited residents’ willingness to pay (WTP) for a hypothetical parking permit program in New …
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GradesGrading Policy Students will receive grades according to the following scale: A = 4.000 points A- = 3.667 points B+ = 3.333 points B = 3.000 points B- = 2.667 points C+ = 2.333 points C = 2.000 points C- = 1.667 points F (fail) = 0.0 points (A) Excellent: …
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Mind the Map! The Impact of Transit Maps on Path Choice in Public TransitThis paper investigates the impact of schematic transit maps on passengers' travel decisions. It does two things: First, it proposes an analysis framework that defines four types of information delivered from a transit map: distortion, restoration, …
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Effective Public Service Communication Networks for Climate Change AdaptationRae Zimmerman …
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Explaining Change in Institutionalized Practices: A Review and Road Map for ResearchD’Aunno, T. …
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How Do Social Change Organizations Shape People's Understanding?How Do Social Change Organizations Shape People's Understanding? …
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Spillover effects of HIV testing policies: changes in HIV testing guidelines and HCV testing practices in drug treatment programs in the United StatesBACKGROUND: To examine the extent to which state adoption of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 2006 revisions to adult and adolescent HIV testing guidelines is associated with availability of other important prevention and medical …
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Health in Hong Kong: An International PerspectiveHong Kong stands out among wealthy megacities as having some of the best indicators of population health. Infant mortality is 3.0 per 1,000 births in Hong Kong compared to 6.2 in New York City and 4.0 in Paris, while life expectancy at birth is 78.0 years …
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Neighborhood Schools?: Assessing the Changing Relationship Between the Demographics of New York City?s Public Elementary Schools and their Surrounding Neighborhoods Between 1990 and 2000How well do New York City's public elementary schools represent the demographics of their surrounding neighborhoods? Using data from the 1990 and 2000 census and the New York State Department of Education, the Capstone team analyzed the extent to which …