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Internal Communication and Committee Structure: Key Issues and RecommendationsGouverneur is an expansive diagnostic and treatment center located in Manhattans Lower East Side serving patients within an ambulatory care capacity and a 210 bed Skilled Nursing Facility. Recently, executive management has identified communication gaps …
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How NYC Recreation Centers Can Improve Women's Health"In 2007, the State of New York received an ""unsatisfactory"" grade in women's health from the National Women's Law Center. In response, New York City Council's Policy and Investigations Division was interested in assessing how New York City's public …
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Arts and Culture Development in Uganda: A Community Needs AssessmentThe Maisha Film Laboratory, a Ugandabased nonprofit organization founded by Mira Nair, trains aspiring East African filmmakers. Since its inception, the organization has trained nearly 300 filmmakers in the disciplines of directing, screenwriting, …
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Functional Performance and Social Relations Among the Elderly in Greater Metropolitan Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil: a Population-Based Epidemiological StudyThis study was conducted in a probabilistic sample of 2,055 elderly in Greater Metropolitan Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, to examine components of social network (conjugal status and visits by the children, other relatives, and friends) and …
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Home parking convenience, household car usage, and implications to residential parking policiesThis paper investigates the effect of home parking convenience on households' car usage, and the implications to residential parking policies. A random sample of 840 households is selected from a travel survey in the New York City region, and their home …
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Paying in Pieces: A natural experiment on demand for life insurance under different payment schemesRisk is pervasive in low-income economies, but insurance markets tend to be under-developed and demand for existing products is often low and poorly understood. Usually, customers must buy insurance by making a single lump-sum payment . We study a …
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Affordable Housing Models for the Justice-involved PopulationEnterprise Community Partners is a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending housing insecurity by investing in affordable housing solutions through public and private partnerships, and scaling these solutions through political advocacy. Nationwide, …
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IMPACTS ON HOUSING STABILITYIn 2014, New York City (NYC) adopted its first Universal Prekindergarten (UPK) program, which promises to offer publicly funded pre-kindergarten to all New Yorkers. The Capstone team investigated the impact of NYC’s UPK on housing stability. Studies have …
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Income inequality, primary care, and health outcomes�a critical review of the literatureThis article critically reviews published literature on the relationship between income inequality and health outcomes. Studies are systematically assessed in terms of design, data quality, measures, health outcomes, and covariates analyzed. At least 33 …
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Searching for Social EntrepreneursThe question for this paper is not whether social entrepreneurs exist, however, but whether the field of social entrepreneurship is too exclusive for its own good. The field has mostly defined social entrepreneurs as individuals who launch entirely new …
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Bribery or just desserts? Evidence on the influence of Congressional reproductive policy voting patterns on PAC contributions from exogenous variation in the sex mix of legislator offspringEvidence on the relationship between political contributions and legislators’ voting behavior is marred by concerns about endogeneity in the estimation process. Using a legislator’s offspring sex mix as a truly exogenous variable, we employ an …
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The Acute Effect of Local Homicides on Children's Cognitive PerformanceThis study estimates the acute effect of exposure to a local homicide on the cognitive performance of children across a community. Data are from a sample of children age 5–17 y in the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods. The effect of …
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The Influence of Structural and Experiential Neighborhood Factors and Developmental Stage on the Antisocial Behavior of Urban Adolescents in PovertyThis study explored the effects of structural and experiential neighborhood factors and developmental stage on antisocial behavior, among a sample of poor urban adolescents in New York City. Conceptually and empirically distinct profiles of neighborhood …
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Understanding Patient Perceptions of Service DeliveryThe New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai (NYEE) is one of the world’s premier hospital facilities serving primarily the poor and underserved. NYEE has over 170,000 patients annually, and with high case volumes, patients often encounter long wait …
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Establishing Standard Operating Procedures for Jewish Campus HousingChabad on Campus International (COCI) is the parent organization overseeing 256 independent houses that are a “home away from home” for Jews on university campuses. The houses have a lot of autonomy, which has resulted in a lack of operational …
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Managed Care Organizations and the Improper Denial of Claims to Healthcare Providers in the New York Metropolitan AreaThe Capstone team was asked to evaluate the validity of complaints that the client has received from health care providers regarding the improper administration of claims by managed care organizations (MCOs). Providers have alleged that claims are …
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Managed Care Organizations and the Improper Denial of Claims to Healthcare Providers in the New York Metropolitan AreaThe Capstone team was asked to evaluate the validity of complaints that the client has received from health care providers regarding the improper administration of claims by managed care organizations (MCOs). Providers have alleged that claims are …
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Urban Local Governance Reform Project in IndonesiaThe Capstone team was responsible for researching a broad range of issues pertaining to decentralization as background for the preparation of a new World Bank loan to support decentralization in urban areas of Indonesia. The Capstone team produced two …
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Business Model for Sustainable GrowthThe Urban Zen Integrative Therapy (UZIT) program is part of the Urban Zen Foundation, which was established by Donna Karan to raise awareness and inspire change in the areas of well-being. UZIT trains doctors, nurses, and allied healthcare professionals …
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Energy Reduction Strategies for New York City Cultural InstitutionsIn accordance with the Mayor’s One City: Built to Last climate action plan, New York City aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from city buildings by 80% from 2005 levels by the year 2050. Complying with this plan poses unique challenges to each member …
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Local Government Fiscal Discretion in UgandaThe Government of Uganda began a rapid decentralization process in the early 1990s, devolving service delivery responsibility to Local Governments in an attempt to reduce poverty under the national development framework. The devolution of responsibility …
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Barriers, Budgets, & Batteries: Organizational Decision Making When Adopting New TechnologiesHow does an organization decide to adopt a new technology in its field programs? Global Relief Technology, a producer of handheld data collection devices, asked the Capstone team to research the barriers for PDA adoption by emergency relief organizations. …
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Primary Care Provider Reimbursement ProjectHealth Plus is a Medicaid Managed Care plan serving over 300,000 patient members throughout the New York Metropolitan area. Health Plus aims to improve provider satisfaction and better incentivize quality of care. To accomplish this goal, the Capstone …