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Learning Leadership in Action: NYU Wagner Students Visit City Hall for Experiential InsightUndergraduate students in NYU Wagner’s Management and Leadership (UPADM-GP 103) course recently stepped beyond the classroom walls to engage with public service in real-time through a site visit to New York City Hall. Now an annual tradition, this …
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Did case-based payment influence surgical readmission rates in France? A retrospective studyOBJECTIVES: To determine whether implementation of a case-based payment system changed all-cause readmission rates in the 30 days following discharge after surgery, we analysed all surgical procedures performed in all hospitals in France before …
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Alumni in Action: Aissata Camara (MPA) With $18, alumna Aissata Camara (MPA-PNP) and her sister founded the There is No Limit Foundation, which empowers the poorest communities to reach their potential by eradicating social barriers and creating economic opportunities. While visiting the …
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Learning in Place: Immigrant Spatial and Temporal Strategies for Occupational AdvancementStudies of low-wage workers have long recognized the role of space in mediating access to employment. Significantly less attention has been paid to the ways in which space informs workers' ability to develop the attributes that would make them more …
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New Executive Certificate in Data Literacy and Evidence BuildingDates: September 6, 2023 to November 9, 2023 Lecture: 12:00–1:00pm ET Group work: 1:00–2:00pm ET Commitment : 2 hours lecture, 2 hours group work per contact week (7 weeks total, Wednesdays and Thursdays); additional group presentation preparation time …
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In the Heat of the Summer: Lessons from the Heat Waves in ParisClimate change and human health are intertwined. The heat waves in Chicago, in 1995, and in Paris, in 2003, followed by Hurricane Katrina_s destruction of New Orleans, raised awareness of the risks faced by vulnerable older people. Many cities have …
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Andrew MaguireWhy did you choose NYU Wagner for graduate school? I knew that to grow in the field of international development, I'd need to develop more technical expertise, but I was hesitant to focus on a narrow sub-field. Wagner's MPA program allowed me to hone …
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Forum Explores Financial Squeeze Facing Nonprofit Human-Services SectorMore than 100 leaders of nonprofit organizations, along with state and city social services officials, gathered at NYU Wagner on Feb. 24 for the release of an exhaustive report calling for urgent reforms to shore up the nonprofit human-services sector in …
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Adherence to antiretroviral therapy among older children and Adolescents with HIV: A qualitative study of psychosocial contextsAbstract Survival among perinatally infected children and youth with HIV has been greatly extended since the advent of highly active antiretroviral therapies. Yet, adherence to HIV medication regimens is suboptimal and decreases as children reach …
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Resource Allocation, Emergency Response Capability and Infrastructure Concentration Around Vulnerable SitesPublic and private decision-makers continue to seek risk-based approaches to allocate funds to help communities respond to disasters, accidents, and terrorist attacks involving critical infrastructure facilities. The requirements for emergency response …
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Sequential Events Contributing to Variations in Cardiac Revascularization RatesNumerous studies have demonstrated the importance of race, payor, and gender in determining the use of cardiac services, including revascularization procedures (bypass surgery and angioplasty). However, there has been less investigation into where and …
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The Economics of MicrofinanceThe microfinance revolution, begun with independent initiatives in Latin America and South Asia starting in the 1970s, has so far allowed 65 million poor people around the world to receive small loans without collateral, build up assets, and buy …
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The Impact of Medicaid Managed Care on Primary Care Physician Participation in MedicaidObjectives: Medicaid managed care has been touted as an important vehicle for increasing physician participation in Medicaid. Although there is anecdotal evidence that the opportunity to participate in Medicaid via managed care increases physician …
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The Stafford Act: An Agenda for ReformThe Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (the Stafford Act) is the principal legislation governing the federal response to disasters within the United States. The act spells out - among other things - how disasters are declared, …
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Lessons Learned from 22 Years of Testing the Quality Cost Model of Advanced Practice Nursing (APN) Transitional CareTo describe the development, testing, modification, and results of the Quality Cost Model of Advanced Practice Nurses (APNs) Transitional Care on patient outcomes and health care costs in the United States over 22 years, and to delineate what has been …
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The Four Pillars of High Performance: How Robust Organizations Achieve Extraordinary ResultsIn 1999, Paul C. Light embarked on an ambitious project which, if successful, would provide organizations of all kinds with a powerful new tool for navigating the turbulent sea of change that is today’s global business environment. A guide to achieving …
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Mobile Health Units Study in Latin America and the CaribbeanWhile many organizations acknowledge that mobile health units are an innovative strategy to facilitate access to health services to marginalized populations, little rigorous evaluation or formal research has been implemented to substantiate these claims. …
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Mobile Health Units Study in Latin America and the CaribbeanWhile many organizations acknowledge that mobile health units are an innovative strategy to facilitate access to health services to marginalized populations, little rigorous evaluation or formal research has been implemented to substantiate these claims. …
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City Health Dashboard Expanding to 500 More CitiesThe City Health Dashboard—an innovative health data visualization tool created by the Department of Population Health at NYU Langone Medical Center and the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at NYU in partnership with the National Resource …
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Kovner-Behrman Health Forum Explores Paths to Improved Decision-Making in HealthcareNYU Wagner's Sherry Glied, Dean and Professor of Public Service, convened the 20th annual Kovner-Behrman Health Forum before a capacity audience in the school's home in the historic Puck Building on March 23. Entitled "Check Your Intuitions," the event …
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Alumnus Jayson Browder Discusses His New Endeavor, Veterans4DiplomacyNYU Wagner alumnus Jayson Browder (Global Executive MPA, 2015) was a recent guest interviewee at Carnegie New Leaders, a membership program for young professionals from a range of fields who wish to engage in a dialogue on ethics and international …
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Student Spotlight: Judy Huynh (MUP 2024)What motivated you to attend Wagner, a school of public service? NYU's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service offers high-quality programs in public service and policy that have a strong emphasis on social justice and developing leaders who …
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Apparent MismatchThe federal regulations that govern human subjects research were created in the wake of gross abuses of medical science, in which subjects undertook significant risks (and were significantly harmed), without consenting to treatment. Developments in recent …