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Researchers in NYAM's Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies have found that people who live near a needle exchange program do not report greater levels of violence or robbery, or worse attitudes toward drug users, than people living in neighborhoods with similar substance abuse rates but no needle exchange program. The study, directed by Dr. Sandro Galea, involved surveying more than 200 residents of East and Central Harlem who lived either near or at a distance from needle exchange programs. All of their neighborhoods saw high incidences of substance abuse.
The researchers wrote in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome that the findings may restore comfort in the presence of needle exchange programs; they may "reassure community residents and public officials that the presence of a needle exchange program does not seem to threaten public safety in the surrounding neighborhood."
Posted on January 16, 2002
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The 2012-2013 Duncan Clark Lecture - The Affordable Care Act: An Insider’s View
Featured Speaker: Sherry Glied, PhD, former Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
November 19, 2012 - The NYAM Section on Health Care Delivery welcomes Sherry Glied, PhD, former Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, who will deliver the 2012-2013 Duncan Clark Lecture on "The Affordable Care Act: An Insider's View."
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The New York Academy of Medicine with support from the New York State Heath Foundation released a new report, Federal Health Care Reform in New York State: A Population Health Perspective.
This report identifies opportunities that build on both the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act (ACA) and New York’s ongoing efforts toward improving the health of its 19 million residents.
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