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What Water Sources are the Safest? Examining Water Quality in Ghana
(Georgetown University, 2014)
Using 2012/13 household survey data from Ghana that includes water quality testing, this study tests the hypothesis that the type of water source is not associated with lower risk levels of E. coli in household drinking water.
Does Reducing Hospital Readmission Rate Decrease the Inpatient Health Expenditure in Medicare Accountable Care Organizations?
(Georgetown University, 2016)
The Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) is a new delivery model initiated by the Affordable Care Act to reform the current fee-for-service payment structure, control the skyrocketing healthcare costs in recent years, and ...
Subsequent Adolescent Pregnancy: Addressing 'Missed Opportunities' in the City of Buenos Aires
(Georgetown University, 2015)
Adolescent pregnancy is a recurring topic within global health and international development, and improvements in adolescent pregnancy rates in Latin America have been fairly limited. Within this topic, subsequent adolescent ...
Evaluating PEPFAR: Is Sustainability Far-Fetched?
(Georgetown University, 2016)
The United States Presidents Emergency plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) represents the largest and most direct measure of foreign aid to address the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The distribution of PEPFAR funding over time can provide ...
CONFLICT OR CONSENT: INGO INTERVENTIONS ON FAMILY PLANNING IN WEST AFRICA
(Georgetown University, 2016)
The rise of Tech Billionaires has shifted the models for international philanthropy. The prevalence of philanthrocapitalism provoked by the fortunes and idealism of tycoons, now dominate many initiatives advocated by ...
The Workforce Implications of the Medicaid Program: Is Medicaid a Work Disincentive?
(Georgetown University, 2013)
This study analyzes the relationship between Medicaid and workforce participation. Current literature has investigated the impacts of Medicaid on beneficiaries measured and self-perceived health status, as well as the ...
Electricity and Health: Outcomes in the Developing World
(Georgetown University, 2018)
New technologies and their benefits have become the norm, while past technologies are often overlooked. In the developed world, it is easily assumed that everyone has access to electricity, yet more than 1 billion people ...
No Protection: Untested and Undiagnosed Genital Herpes in America
(Georgetown University, 2021)
The majority of people who have genital herpes do not know it. This sexually transmitted disease can spread asymptomatically, and condoms do not fully protect against it. Despite this, current health policy recommends ...
Policy Change and the Politics of Obesity in Germany and the United States of America
(Georgetown University, 2020)
What drives policy change and innovation when food policy meets health promotion and prevention? My dissertation studies contemporary and historical policy change in the context of obesity-related food and public health ...
Social Determinants of COVID-19 Policy Responses: Is Individualism Predictive of the Stringency of COVID-19 Lockdown Measures?
(Georgetown University, 2021)
The rapid, airborne transmission of COVID-19 and the subsequent pandemic forced countries to implement lockdown and stay-at-home measures to prevent the spread of the disease. However, the degree of stringency of lockdown ...