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Browsing Sanford School Master of Public Policy (MPP) Program Master’s Projects by Title
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(2014-04-25)The first school-based health center (SBHC) was introduced in North Carolina in Greene County in 1983. Over the last thirty years, School Health Centers (SHCs), which include school-based, school-linked, mobile units and ...
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(2013-06-28)This report reviews the Access to Medicine Index (AMTi) in positively changing the pharmaceutical industry. This report notes a number of opportunities for the ATMi to improve its engagement with stakeholders. The current ...
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(2017-06-20)Half of the world’s population (2.7 billion people), of which 95 percent is in ‘poor’ countries, rely on solid fuels including biomass fuels like wood, dung, agricultural residue and coal, to meet most of their energy ...
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(2013-04-17)EXECUTIVE SUMMARY POLICY ISSUE (PG 1) Triangle Transit is interested in how much revenue could be generated by the placement of interior and exterior advertisements on the buses and para-transit vehicles that it manages ...
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(2011-04-28)Global sea levels currently are rising and will continue to rise far into the future. This rise engenders significant risks to life and the environment, as it creates negative physical, economic, and societal impacts ...
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(2012-04-26)EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This paper investigates the relationship between institutional characteristics (institutional selectivity, faculty and financial characteristics) and retention and 6-year graduation rates at Historically ...
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(2011-04-20)Civil Affairs (CA) are activities that foster relations between military forces and civil societies. These activities improve mission effectiveness and help achieve military objectives. The post-9/11 shift from fighting ...
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(2014-04-24)Retirement system staff are in the midst of contemplating changes to policies limiting work in retirement for members of the Local Governmental Employees’ Retirement System (LGERS) and the Teachers’ and State Employees’ ...
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(2015-05-06)This thesis investigates differential protection outcomes among undocumented migrant youth from Central America who are transferred to North Carolina. The literature shows there is a significant gap in research on the ...
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(2012-04-20)Life expectancy in Tanzania is 58 years for women, and 53 for men (WHO 2011). Tanzania’s maternal mortality ratio is among the world’s highest at 454 per 100,000 births (UNDP); likewise, its infant mortality ratio is high ...
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(2011-04-22)Executive Summary Triangle Transit seeks to answer two related questions: • Are lower-income riders more likely than other riders to use a less efficient payment method that contributes to overpayment? • What ...
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(2012-04-20)EXECUTIVE SUMMARY BACKGROUND The city and county of Durham are currently determining how to comply with two sets of nutrient management strategies which mandate significant water quality improvements for ...
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(2011-04-22)Policy Question: How should North Carolina’s Aging Network provide information and assistance services so that all older adults (and their caregivers) looking for long-term care receive appropriate guidance? Introduction: ...
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(2012-04-20)We currently face a tremendous challenge to transition away from carbon-intensive fossil fuels as our primary energy source to more sustainable and cleaner options, including renewable energy. A Renewable Portfolio Standard ...
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(2011-09-29)Shale gas extraction in the United States has increased considerably over the last three years. President Obama and many Republican and Democratic members of Congress hail this increase as vital to energy security and a ...
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(2013-04-18)Research Question: 5 Stone Green Capital (“5 Stone”) seeks to fund green real estate investments by attracting capital from both traditional and “impact” investors. The impact investing space is relatively new to capital ...
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(2014-04-17)Child care subsidies play an important role in stabilizing parental employment and helping low-income families access quality and affordable child care options. However, low-income families on average only maintain subsidies ...
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(2013-04-17)EXECUTIVE SUMMARY One of the signature pieces of legislation passed under the Obama administration, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (hereafter referred to as “ACA”) is a vast expansion of the healthcare ...
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(2014-04-18)Executive Summary Introduction The foster care population in North Carolina, which hovered around 8,882 children as of August 2013, is of special interest to policymakers, politicians, Medicaid officials, child welfare ...
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