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Item Examining theories of public-private sector collaboration: health care for people with disabilities in emergency management(2013) Dawalt, Philip Robert Jr.; Naylor, Lorenda A.; Schwartz, Robert M.; University of Baltimore. Yale Gordon College of Public Affairs; University of Baltimore. Doctor of Public AdministrationAs Americans observed in horror the incidents in Japan following a major earthquake followed by a tsunami and then a nuclear disaster, it is important to assess emergency planning effectiveness for all citizens, particularly the most vulnerable. Emergency managers in counties across the United States plan for every American citizen in case of natural disasters. Theories of Public Administration can illuminate the dynamics of the formulation and implementation of these plans. This study tests the level of cooperation, coordination and collaboration between local administrators and affected individuals and groups resulting from disaster and subsequent emergency response. The study examines the relationship between the needs of the disabled and the work of emergency management. As commitment increases, cooperation and collaboration have increased among emergency managers, health care providers and people with disabilities. This study involves interviews with 38 emergency managers who answered a series of questions about their level of contact, cooperation, coordination and/or collaboration with people with disabilities and health care professionals. The study results demonstrate some degree of progress in the collaboration of Emergency Managers, Health Care Professionals and People with disabilities. Health Care works have especially become more involved in planning and responding to emergencies as a result of the "pan flu" incident from a year earlier. But, there is still much room for improvement. People with disabilities serve on some local emergency planning committees in some locations in Indiana and Ohio. However, many emergency managers ignore this problem citing a lack of resources and time to make these connections. Many are addressing the resource and time constraints by engaging in continuous volunteerism to improve collaboration in support for people with disabilities in the emergency management process.Item Increasing public safety in Baltimore through building transformative community and police relationships(2021-07-13) Keely, Linda; Nader, Elias S; University of Baltimore. College of Public Affairs; University of Baltimore. Master of Science in Criminal Justice.The Baltimore Police Department (BPD) is required under a federal consent decree to commit to community policing principles and establish a partnership with the community. This paper addresses three research questions related to the required change: Are the community and BPD ready for transformative relationships, what matters to the Baltimore community in informal and formal engagement, and what is necessary for BPD to collaboratively produce public safety solutions with the community. A qualitative analysis and triangulation were performed on three data sources: BPD staff focus groups on community policing; focus groups, interviews, and public forums on community policing with community members; and observations of BPD-community monthly district meetings. The data contained almost 2,000 references which were coded into 84 categories that addressed the research questions. The findings are mixed. BPD is not ready for change; what matters to the community, and BPD staff, is simply positive interactions with each other; and to collaborate on public safety, BPD must view residents as subject matter experts and embrace them as part of entire decision-making process.Item Local police protection options for Pennsylvania municipalities: a quantitative analysis of determinants(2012-12-31) Nolan, Andrew J.; Callahan, John J.; Cotten, Ann; Cigler, Beverly A.; University of Baltimore. College of Public Affairs; University of Baltimore. Doctor of Public AdministrationPennsylvania is divided into 2,562 separate municipalities which provide local services to their residents. With the exception of the 56 cities within the State, municipalities have the option to either provide police protection to their residents or rely on the State for police protection. For the municipalities that choose to provide police protection to their residents, they can do so through a traditional police force serving a single municipality or in collaboration with neighboring jurisdictions. Through an analysis of existing literature it has been determined that the provision of police services is most economically and programmatically efficient when forces serve between 22,350 and 36,000 residents. Below this level, increasing the population served by a police force results in savings per resident served. Above this level, increasing the population served results in increase in the cost per resident served. The average traditional police force in Pennsylvania serves 3,932 residents while the average regional force serving multiple municipalities serves an average of 10,549 residents. The vast majority of the 1,180 police forces in Pennsylvania serve far fewer residents than is optimal while nearly 2.5 million Pennsylvanians or twenty percent of the State's 12.7 million residents rely solely on the state police for local protection which is significantly larger than the optimal range. The purpose of this research is to determine the extent that the decision to provide protection to residents, as opposed to relying on the State, is consistent with an empirical model based on factors derived from the literature. The extent that municipalities that provide protection to their residents independently versus doing so in collaboration with other jurisdictions will then be compared to separate empirical mode. The first empirical model, focusing on reliance on the State versus offering protection to residents, is based on two assumptions: first, municipalities with a high need for police protection would be more likely to provide protection to their residents and second, municipalities that are more able to absorb the cost of police protection would provide the protection. The second empirical model, focusing on the differences between municipalities that provide protection independently versus doing so in collaboration, is based on three assumptions: first, smaller municipalities would be more likely to collaborate if they provided protection, second, municipalities with a greater number of nearby municipalities would be more likely to collaborate, and third, municipalities that have greater demographic similarity with their neighboring municipalities would be more likely to collaborate and would likely have the most to gain from a collaboration. Both models were tested utilizing binary logistic analysis utilizing seven predictor independent variables obtained from the US Census, the American Community Survey and State published information regarding crime rates and municipal spending. After the development and testing of the initial empirical models derived from the literature, the first model was expanded to reflect 26 variables identified to have statistically significant differences and the second model was expanded to reflect 14 variables. The analysis of the first model confirmed the association between a municipality's ability to afford police protection and the municipality's likelihood of providing protection to residents. It did not confirm the anticipated link between the need for police protection and the likelihood that a municipality would provide protection. The analysis of the second model confirmed the association between a municipality's size and the likelihood that a smaller municipality would be more likely to provide protection in collaboration as opposed to providing protection independently. It did not confirm the anticipated link between a higher number of nearby municipalities and the likelihood of collaboration and a higher level of demographic similarity and the likelihood of collaboration. The inability to confirm the link between the need for police protection and the likelihood that a given municipality would provide protection identifies an opportunity to focus education and incentives on encouraging the municipalities with the greatest need for police protection to establish or join existing forces. The inability to confirm the link between a higher number of nearby municipalities and a higher level of demographic similarity and the likelihood that a given municipality would collaborate in providing police protection identifies an opportunity to focus education and incentives to encourage the municipalities with the greatest opportunity for success in collaboration to explore opportunities to collaborate.Item Making "Digital Cruikshank": A Special Collections Collaboration(2023-04-21) Graham, Susan; DiCuirci, Lindsay; Library & EnglishIn Fall 2022, students in Lindsay DiCuirci's combined undergraduate and graduate English seminar participated in a semester-long collaboration with UMBC Special Collections. This course was supported by a Hrabowski Innovation Grant which allowed Susan Graham and her team to digitize a collection of donated materials related to George Cruikshank. Cruikshank was nineteenth-century England’s most prolific caricaturist and illustrator; the Merkle family's donation included unbound manuscript materials and over 120 printed works. Working in teams to build a digital resource based on these materials, students produced "Digital Cruikshank: Etching & Sketching in Nineteenth-Century England" (https://library-dev.umbc.edu/wp/specialcollections/cruikshank/) The resource features over 130 sketches gathered into collections with accompanying explanatory content. This presentation will share elements of the project management workflow and student-created guides and templates. We will also highlight the interdisciplinary affordances of collaborative, archival work as well as the significant pedagogical benefits of a project-based class in the Humanities.Item Places, Perceptions, and Public Value: Building Rural Arts Participation Through Community Partnership(2017-07) Andrew, Brittany; Leonard, Sara; MA in Arts AdministrationArts organizations looking to serve rural communities must address challenges unique to rural audiences. Through collaboration with organically congregational centers, arts organizations can capitalize on the particular resources that are available in rural communities and mitigate barriers to art participation in rural areas. Arts organizations that create partnerships with these community gathering spaces are able to provide more arts programming to rural residents while insuring institutional longevity through the building of public value.Item Promoting Health Equity Through Partnerships(Oxford University Press, 2021-10-04) Phillips, Karon L; Wolfe, MeganTrust for America’s Health’s (TFAH’s) Age-Friendly Public Health Systems (AFPHS) initiative is focused on helping states identify and embrace their roles in older adult health. Funded by The John A. Hartford Foundation, the goal of this project is to enhance the ability of departments of public health across the country to support the health of older adults in their communities through policy, systems, and programmatic changes. As the percentage of the American population that is age 65 and older increases, innovative approaches and partnerships have emerged to support healthy aging. Public health and aging sectors have historically operated in silos, but several public health systems across the country have developed strong programs that have prioritized older adult health. A public health approach to supporting the well-being of older adults will not only improve their health, but also reduce medical costs associated with poor health.Item Social Media in Middle School Literacy Instruction(2023-05) Wivell, Rebecca; Finch, Maida; Sessoms, Diallo; Williamson, Thea; Doctoral Studies in Literacy; Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) Contemporary Curriculum Theory and Instruction: LiteracyThis qualitative case study took place in an 8th-grade classroom and was considered practitioner research which explored an innovative approach to writing instruction utilizing a social media platform. Participants included six, 8th-grade students who were all students in a writing class and helped to seek the answers to the following questions: (a) how do middle school students use Twiducate for academic writing in the classroom?; (b) what is my role as the teacher related to writing instruction using Twiducate?; (c) how do middle school students collaborate and give peer feedback for writing purposes? Formative data analysis was used throughout this study and I used coding to find patterns in my data and develop themes. This study shows how students used social media to write and collaborate and what the teacher’s roles are during those events. Findings include the teacher transitions between four roles: discussion facilitator, feedback coach, writing teacher, and supporter to improve student writing. Students used Twiducate to engage in the writing process and created a class developed artifact to refer to for learning, while collaborating and giving peer feedback throughout the process. Twiducate empowered students to be independent writers and built a community of learners invested in each other’s writing. Findings extend knowledge about middle school writing and ways to integrate social media into classroom settings, while engaging students.