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The UMBC School of Public Policy includes the master of public policy (MPP) and PhD degree programs, and the Maryland Institute for Public Policy and Analysis Research (MIPAR). Established after four decades of sustained growth, the School consists of nine full-time faculty, more than 30 affiliated faculty from the departments of economics, sociology, political science, and policy analysis. MIPAR, with $23 million in active research grants, links the analytical resources of the University with policymakers in the state and region, conducting opinion research, policy analyses, and program evaluations on a variety of topics. MIPAR activities are supported by federal, state, and local governmental agencies, foundations, and corporations.
Recent Submissions
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Boosting breastfeeding through public policy
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Let's hear it for the 'safety school'
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Promises They Can Keep: Low-Income Women’s Attitudes Toward Motherhood, Marriage, and Divorce
(Wiley Online Library, 2008-10-23)Using data on low-income mothers in Boston, Chicago, and San Antonio, we test three propositions regarding mothers’ attitudes toward childbearing, marriage, and divorce. These are drawn from K. Edin and M. J. Kefalas (2005) ... -
Bound by Children: Intermittent Cohabitation and Living Together Apart
(Wiley Online Library, 2011-11-02)In this article, we examine variations in low-income mothers' patterns of intermittent cohabitation and the voluntary and involuntary nature of these unions. Intermittent cohabitation involves couples living together and ... -
Living Together Apart in France and the United States
(Project Muse, 2011-07)Using data from exploratory surveys conducted in parallel in the United States and France among two different socioeconomic groups, this article examines why certain couples continue to share the same home after their ... -
Long-Term Breastfeeding Support: Failing Mothers in Need
(Springer Nature, 2012-01-15)This qualitative study analyzes mothers’ reports of breastfeeding care experiences from pregnancy through infancy. Most research on medical support for breastfeeding examines a specific practice or intervention during an ... -
It’s All about the Children: An Intersectional Perspective on Parenting Values among Black Married Couples in the United States
(MDPI, 2015-12-15)Black families in the United States are usually studied from a deficit perspective that primarily considers single parents in poverty. There is, however, considerable diversity among American Black families in terms of ... -
Physician Engagement Strategies in Care Coordination: Findings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Health Care Innovation Awards Program
(Wiley Online Library, 2016-12-02)Objective To identify roles physicians assumed as part of new health care delivery models and related strategies that facilitated physician engagement across 21 Health Care Innovation Award (HCIA) programs. Data ... -
Innovative Home Visit Models Associated With Reductions In Costs, Hospitalizations, And Emergency Department Use
(Project HOPE, 2017-03)While studies of home-based care delivered by teams led by primary care providers have shown cost savings, little is known about outcomes when practice-extender teams—that is, teams led by registered nurses or lay health ... -
Innovative Oncology Care Models Improve End-Of-Life Quality, Reduce Utilization And Spending
(Project HOPE, 2017-03)Three models that received Health Care Innovation Awards from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) aimed to reduce the cost and use of health care services and improve the quality of care for Medicare ... -
Prescription Drug Use and Cost Trends Among Medicaid-Enrolled Children with Disruptive Behavioral Disorders
(Springer Nature, 2018-03-23)Disruptive behavior disorders (DBDs) are the most common mental health conditions in children. These conditions profoundly affect healthcare utilization and costs. Service use, costs, and diagnostic trends among pediatric ... -
Higher Quality at Lower Cost: Community Health Worker Interventions in the Health Care Innovation Awards
(UNLV, 2018)Background: Published evidence regarding cost savings, reduced utilization, and improved quality associated with employing community health workers (CHWs) is largely lacking. This paper presents findings from the Centers ... -
A Qualitative Study of Black Married Couples’ Relationships With Their Extended Family Networks
(Sage Journals, 2018-03-12)Historically extended family networks have been identified as contributing to the resiliency of Black families. However, little is known about how extended family networks impact the lives of Black married couples. What ... -
Facilitators and barriers to optimal preventive service use among providers and older patients
(Elsevier, 2018-08-16)Preventive service use remains low among Medicare beneficiaries despite the Affordable Care Act's waiver of coinsurance. This study sought to understand barriers and facilitators to preventive service provision, access, ... -
A Framework for Rigorous Qualitative Research as a Component of Mixed Method Rapid-Cycle Evaluation
(Sage Journals, 2018-09-03)As federal, state, and local governments continue to test innovative approaches to health care delivery, the ability to produce timely and reliable evidence of what works and why it works is crucial. There is limited ... -
Barriers and facilitators to depression screening in older adults: a qualitative study
(Taylor & Francis Online, 2018-12-27)Objectives: The objective of this qualitative study was to better understand facilitators and barriers to depression screening for older adults. Methods: We conducted 43 focus groups with 102 providers and 247 beneficiaries ... -
Facilitators and Barriers to Healthy Pregnancy Spacing among Medicaid Beneficiaries: Findings from the National Strong Start Initiative
(Elsevier, 2018-01-12)Background Closely spaced, unintended pregnancies are common among Medicaid beneficiaries and create avoidable risks for women and infants, including preterm birth. The Strong Start for Mothers and Newborns Initiative, a ... -
Inequality and Innovation: Barriers and Facilitators to 17P Administration to Prevent Preterm Birth among Medicaid Participants
(Springer Nature, 2018-06-28)Objectives: Strategies to prevent preterm birth are limited. 17 Alpha-Hydroxyprogesterone Caproate (17P) injections have been shown to be effective, but the intervention is under-used. This mixed methods study investigates ... -
EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTS OF TWO EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTIONS ON ADULTHOOD INCOME: EXAMINING THE ASSOCIATION OF PROXIMAL AND DISTAL INTERVENTION EFFECTS WITH SUBJECT-LEVEL HETEROGENEITY
(2019-01-01)The long-term evaluation and subsequent replication of early childhood interventions can be costly. Thus, approaches that maximize the efficiency of these tasks are critical to the economic feasibility of such interventions. ... -
THE IMPACT OF FISCAL CONSOLIDATION POLICIES ON ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
(2020-01-20)The U.S. Great Recession in 2007 contributed to the subsequent worldwide economic crisis and ensuing fiscal crises. As public debt rose dramatically, policymakers have attempted to counter this trend with a variety of ...
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