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Microenterprise Development for Better Health OutcomesShowing that economic development and public health, often thought of as distinct, are both interdependent and dependent on social and political conditions, this book provides a new appreciation of the close relationship between microenterprise …
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American Murder Revisited: Do Housing Vouchers Cause Crime?Potential neighbors often express worries that Housing Choice Voucher holders heighten crime. Yet, no research systematically examines the link between the presence of voucher holders in a neighborhood and crime. Our article aims to do just this, using …
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Transportation to Clinic: Findings from a Pilot Clinic-Based Survey of Low-Income SuburbanitesHealth care policymakers have cited transportation barriers as key obstacles to providing health care to low-income suburbanites, particularly because suburbs have become home to a growing number of recent immigrants who are less likely to own cars than …
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Race/Ethnicity and Patient Confidence to Self-manage Cardiovascular DiseaseBackground: Minority populations bear a disproportionate burden of chronic disease, due to higher disease prevalence and greater morbidity and mortality. Recent research has shown that several factors, including confidence to self-manage care, are …
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Transportation to Clinic: Findings from a Pilot Clinic-Based Survey of Low-Income SuburbanitesHealth care policymakers have cited transportation barriers as key obstacles to providing health care to low-income suburbanites, particularly because suburbs have become home to a growing number of recent immigrants who are less likely to own cars than …
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The Emergence of the Super-Commuter: Update with 2010 DataThis update to the “Emergence of the Super-Commuter” report released in February 2012 uses recently released 2010 home-to-work flows data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Longitudinal Employer Household Dynamics OnTheMap tool to examine whether the …
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GCAP Study Group. Comparison of methods to increase repeat testing in persons treated for gonorrhea or chlamydia at public sexually transmitted disease clinicsBackground: Retesting 3 to 4 months after treatment for those infected with chlamydia and/or gonorrhea has been recommended. Goal: We compared various methods of encouraging return for retesting 3 months after treatment for chlamydia or gonorrhea. Study: …
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To Give or Not to Give: The Crisis of Confidence in CharitiesPublic confidence is essential to America's 1.5 million charitable organizations and the 11 million Americans they employ. Confidence clearly affects the public's willingness to donate time and money, shapes the political and regulatory environment that …
Alumni In Action
Judita EisenbergerWhy did you choose Wagner for graduate school? Wagner’s combination of world-class faculty and prime location were a winner for me. As a native New Yorker who had been out of the city for several years, studying urban planning in New York helped me get …
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Alda ChanHow did being in New York impact your professional journey? There's nowhere quite like New York City to study urban planning, policy and design—the City is a living lab of the complex issues we tackle in the classroom and the sheer concentration of urban …
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Zainab AliHow did being in New York impact your professional journey? New York City has the largest school system in the country. When I was at Wagner the system had already been undergoing reform for several years under Mayor Michael Bloomberg, so there truly …
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Community Model for Improving Child Wellness on Staten IslandStaten Island Partnership for Community Wellness (SIPCW) works to identify and address emerging health needs on Staten Island. Through partnerships with the Office of the Borough President and myriad community organizations, SIPCW seeks to mobilize an …
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Alumni Spotlight: Jake Peña (MPA-PNP 2025)A former Bloomberg Fellow and co-chair of the Association of Latinx Students and Allies in Public Service (ALAS) , Jake Peña’s motivation to make a difference through philanthropy brought him to The New York Community Trust . The Trust is New York’s …
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CourseworkPrerequisite PADM-GP 2902 Introduction to Econometrics (or equivalent) Required courses All doctoral students are required to complete the following: PHD-GP 5902 , Research Methods (first fall semester) PADM-GP.2172 Advanced Empirical Methods (first fall …
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Anthony ThomasAnthony Thomas is a strategic planning and organizational management professional who focuses on the intersection of politics, policy, strategy, and advocacy. He focuses on building systems and operationalizing campaigns to procure funding or increase …
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Where, When, Why, and For Whom Do Residential Contexts Matter? Moving Away from the Dichotomous Understanding of Neighborhood EffectsThe literature on neighborhood effect frequently is evaluated or interpreted in relation to the question, "Do neighborhoods matter?" We argue that this question has had a disproportionate influence on the field and does not align with the complexity of …
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Unravelling social capital: Disentangling a concept for Social WorkOver several decades, social capital has gained intellectual currency as a means to understand the dynamics of individual and community resources. While prevalent in other disciplines, social capital, however, has been used less often in social work to …
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Understanding the Unintended Effects of Youth-Targeted Alcohol Control PoliciesAfter many studies conducted during the 1970s found that a lower drinking age had an effect upon the number of motor vehicle crashes involving teens, many stakeholders began to call for an increase in the minimum legal drinking age. While many states …
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St. George Ferry Terminal - Affordable Housing Needs and OptionsBetween 2000 and 2005 the median rent and home value of Staten Island's Community District 1 increased by 33 and 110 percent, respectively, outpacing the only 11 percent increase in median household income. The combination of accelerated housing costs and …
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Improving Nonprofit Operations Through a Fiscal Policies and Procedures Manual"Inwood House is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping young people become healthy and selfreliant adults through pregnancy prevention, youth development, and teen family support programs. Following a recent expansion, Inwood House requested that …
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ReEngineering the Immigrant Student Aid ProgramHebrew Free Loan Society (HFLS) promotes economic selfsufficiency in New York by providing interestfree loans. One of its largest programs, Immigrant Student Aid, helps immigrant parents from the former Soviet Union finance higher education for their …
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Professor Jacob William Faber Wins 40 For 40 Fellowship from APPAMNYU Wagner Assistant Professor of Public Service Jacob William Faber has been named as winner of a prestigious 40 For 40 Fellowship , given to outstanding early-career research professionals by the Association of Public Policy Analysis & Management …
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Diego RiañoHow did being in New York City impact your professional journey? Being in NYC grants you access to many kinds of networks. In addition to meeting practitioners in the international development field—my main interest—I also had the opportunity to interact …