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A Cross-Systems ApproachThe African Council for Sustainable Health Development (ACOSHED) Capstone team was asked to perform an organizational assessment of ACOSHED’s International Secretariat and the model Nigerian chapter based on the ideas established in the Better Health in …
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Transforming South Africa through supplier diversitySouth African Supplier Diversity Council’s (SASDC) goal is to promote supplier diversity by assisting member corporations in opening up business opportunities to certified Black-owned businesses. However, many corporations are reluctant to set supplier …
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Medication-Assisted Treatment in New York and New Jersey Drug CourtsThe Legal Action Center (LAC) is a nonprofit organization that advocates for individuals who have experienced discrimination due to addiction, HIV/AIDS, or a criminal record. Working within federal and state health reforms, the LAC has made recent efforts …
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Faces of Hunger: Designing an Anti-Hunger Campaign and Framework for a Statewide CoalitionThe Mississippi Center for Justice (MCJ) is an organization that works toward racial and economic equity through legal services, policy advocacy, and education. Founded in 2003, MCJ seeks solutions that address social justice in disaster recovery, …
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The Racialized Costs of “Traditional” Banking in Segregated America: Evidence from Entry-Level Checking AccountsA growing body of evidence shows that America’s racial geography shapes access to basic financial services (e.g. banking), highlighting a mechanism connecting segregation to economic vulnerability: spatially organized institutional marginalization.s While …
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The Long-Term Effects of Military Conscription on Mortality: Estimates From the Vietnam-Era Draft LotteryResearch on the effects of Vietnam military service suggests that Vietnam veterans experienced significantly higher mortality than the civilian population at large. These results, however, may be biased by nonrandom selection into the military if …
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The Dissemination of Decision Aids: An Odyssey in a Dysfunctional Health Care Financing SystemThe usefulness of patient decision aids (PtDAs) is well documented, yet they are not in widespread use. Barriers include assuring balance and fairness (auspices matter), the cost of producing and maintaining them, and getting them into the hands of …
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Outcomes in Young Adulthood for Very-Low-Birth-Weight-InfantsTo the Editor: Hack et al. (Jan. 17 issue)1 report that 20-year-olds who had very low birth weight have a lower rate of risk-taking behavior than their normal-birth-weight peers, and the authors describe this finding as "reassuring." McCormick and …
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Density and disaster: New models of disaster recovery for housing in high-density citiesWhen Superstorm Sandy struck the New York City metropolitan area, it brought to light serious limitations in the ability of federal disaster aid programs to serve the residents of high-cost, high-density cities. Our current models of rehousing, repair, …
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NYU Wagner Remains No. 1 in Urban Policy, Retains Top-10 Rankings in Six Specialties in Latest U.S. News and World Report RankingsWith New York City as our students’ living laboratory, NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service was once again named the No. 1 graduate urban policy program in the nation in the latest U.S. News and World Report Graduate School Rankings , …
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2020 AWARDS & DISTINCTIONSROBERT F. WAGNER AWARD FOR PUBLIC SERVICE for leadership capacity and exceptional contribution to public service …
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Vishaan Chakrabarti Discusses “The Architecture of Urbanity” at Henry Hart Rice Urban Policy ForumOn Thursday, October 10, 2024, NYU Wagner hosted the annual Henry Hart Rice Urban Policy Forum, featuring guest speaker Vishaan Chakrabarti, founder and creative director of the Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU). Henry Hart Rice Professor of …
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Critical issues in alliances between management partners and accountable care organizationsAbstract Background Despite widespread engagement of accountable care organizations (ACOs) with management partners, little empirical evidence on these alliances exists to inform policymakers or payers. Management partners may be providing a valuable …
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Public Disclosure, Reputation Sensitivity, and Labor Law Compliance: Evidence from Better Factories CambodiaPublic disclosure of labor conditions has been suggested as one way to encourage compliance with labor law and improvements in working conditions. Analyzing labor law compliance data in the apparel industry from Better Factories Cambodia, this paper finds …
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Tools for Monitoring the Health Care Safety NetTools for Monitoring the Health Care Safety Net offers strategies and concrete tools for assessing local health care safety nets. With topics ranging from estimating the size of local uninsured populations to using administrative data to presenting …
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Gender and the Publication Output of Graduate StudentsWe examine gender differences among the six PhD student cohorts 2004–2009 at the California Institute of Technology using a new dataset that includes information on trainees and their advisors and enables us to construct detailed measures of teams at the …
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Building prosecutorial autonomy from within: The transformation of the Ministério Público in BrazilHow do prosecutors acquire professional prerogatives, organizational autonomy, and legal authority? In contrast to previous research, which identifies top-down, bottom-up and outside-in models of reform, we show that government officials can engage in …
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Highlights from the Class of 2025 ConvocationAfter a monumental year, NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service celebrated its Class of 2025 at the storied theater of New York City Center on Friday, May 16. With loved ones, faculty, staff, and administrators in attendance, the …
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New York: The Future Now There’s a reason New York City is known, to many, simply as “The City.” In many ways, it's a model metropolis, teeming with energy, innovation, and diversity. And that’s no accident. According to Mitchell L. Moss , Henry Hart Rice Professor of Urban …
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Program Requirement ChecksheetThis checksheet is intended for students admitted through fall 2025. EXECUTIVE MPA: PUBLIC SERVICE LEADERS I. CORE COURSES [9 CREDITS] Students must complete or waive all core …
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Janna GoacheeJanna Goachee is a healthcare executive, Registered Nurse, and educator who serves as Founder and CEO of JLG Health Solutions LLC , a boutique healthcare consulting firm. Through JLG Health Solutions, she provides executive leadership augmentation and …
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The Dynamic Population of ManhattanWe cannot understand Manhattan in the 21st century by relying on conventional measures of urban activity. Simply put, Manhattan consists of much more than its residential population and daily workforce. This island, measuring just 22.96 square miles, …
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NYU Wagner Alumni Richard Brown, Jody Rudin Named to City & State's 2024 Above & Beyond: Social Services List City & State released its 2024 Above & Beyond: Social Services list , recognizing individuals in New York State and the metropolitan area who prioritize the well-being of their communities. A pair of NYU Wagner alumni were selected: Richard Brown …
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NYU Wagner’s Online Master of Health Administration Program Awarded Accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME) NYU Wagner’s Online Master of Health Administration (MHA) program has earned accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME). The accreditation assures the program’s quality, which was founded as NYU Wagner’s …