Diana Silver
Diana Silver has been working in the field of public health for two decades. Her interests focus on the health needs of poor people living in America''s distressed cities and their suburbs. Dr. Silver''s research explores the ways in which local government policies and programs can be used to more effectively address those needs. She began her career focused on the developing policies and programs that could address the epidemics of AIDS, substance abuse and violence in New York City, in such settings as schools, workplaces, jails, and through community based organizations.
Prior to the joining the Steinhardt faculty as an Assistant Professor of Public Health, she was a research scientist at the NYU Wagner School , where she served as the project director of the national evaluation of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation''s Urban Health Initiative, aimed at improving health and safety outcomes for children and youth. Her work has been published in the American Journal of Evaluation, Policy Studies Journal and Youth and Society. Dr. Silver received her MPH from Hunter College and her Ph.D. in Public Administration from NYU's Wagner School.
Degrees Held
- PhD
NYU
2007
Public Administration - MPH
Hunter College, CUNY
1986
- BA
Bates College
1982
History
Awards
- 2007 : Public Affairs Resident Scholar, Rockefeller Foundation Conference and Study Center, Bellagio Italy
Courses
E33.2410 Community Based Health Interventions
E.33.2361 Research Methods
E33.0070 Health and Society
Publications
- Beth C. Weitzman, Tod Mijanovich, Diana Silver, Charles Brecher. (2009). Finding the Impact in a Messy Intervention: Using an Integrated Design to Evaluate a Comprehensive Community Initiative. American Journal of Evaluation, in press.
- Charles Brecher, Caitlyn Brazill, Beth C. Weitzman, Diana Silver (2009). Understanding the Political Context of New Policy Issues: the Use of the Advocacy Coalition Model in the Case of Expanded After-School Programs. Journal of Public Administration, Research and Theory. Advance Access on line as of May 30, 2009.
- Diana Silver, Beth C. Weitzman (2009). “The Pros and Cons of Comprehensive Community Initiatives at the City Level: The Case of the Urban Health Initiative”. The Foundation Review 1(1):85-95.
- Beth C. Weitzman, Diana Silver, Tod Mijanovich and Caitlyn Brazill (2008). “If you build it, will they come? Estimating Unmet Demand for After-School Programs in America’s Distressed Cities” Youth and Society 40: 3-34.
- Beth C. Weitzman, Diana Silver and Caitlyn Brazill (2006). “Efforts to Improve Public Policy and Programs through Improved Data Practices: Experiences in Fifteen Distressed American Cities” Public Administration Review 66 (3):386-399.
- Charles Brecher, Diana Silver, Cynthia Searcy and Beth C. Weitzman (2004): “ Following the Money: Using Expenditure Analysis as an Evaluation Tool” American Journal of Evaluation 26(2):150-166.
- Beth C. Weitzman, Diana Silver, and Keri-Nicole Dillman (2002). “Integrating a Comparison Group Design into a Theory of Change Evaluation: The Case of the Urban Health Initiative” American Journal of Evaluation 23:371-385.
- Diana Silver, Beth Weitzman and Charles Brecher (2002). “Setting an Agenda for Local Action: The Limits of Expert Opinion and Community Voice” Policy Studies Journal 30(3):362-379.
- Nicholas Freudenberg, Diana Silver, Jennifer Carmona, Daniel Kass, Brick Lancaster and Marjorie Speers (2000). “Health Promotion in the City: A Structured Review of the Literature on Interventions to Prevent Heart Diseases, Substance Abuse, Violence and HIV infection in US metropolitan areas, 1980 – 1995. Journal of Urban Health.
- Clara Haignere, Nicholas Freudenberg, Diana Silver, Halina Maslinka (1991), “Peer Education for AIDS Prevention: an evaluation of program efficacy” Journal of Health Promotion.
- Nicholas Freudenberg, Jackie Lee and Diana Silver (1989). “How Black and Latino Community Organizations Respond to the AIDS Epidemic: A Case Study of One New York City Neighborhood.” AIDS Education and Prevention.