Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health

Faculty

James Macinko

Associate Professor of Public Health and Health Policy

Phone: 212-998-5592
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James Macinko is Associate Professor of Public Health and Health Policy in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health and the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. Since 2008, he has directed the NYU Master's program in Global Public Health. Dr. Macinko was formerly a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health and Society Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania and a Fulbright Scholar in Brazil.  His field experience includes evaluation of primary health care programs and policies in Latin America and the Caribbean; assessment of microenterprise development programs in Africa and Latin America; assisting the US Agency for International Development and the World Health Organization to develop indicators for assessing infectious disease prevention and control programs in Sub-Saharan Africa; coordinating election monitoring in Ethiopia; and working with the Latino communities in Washington DC, Philadelphia and New York City to identify and eliminate barriers to primary health care. Macinko's research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Pan American Health Organization, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the World Bank.


Degrees Held

  • Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University 2002
    Health and Social Policy
  • M.A. George Washington University 1993
    International Health and Development
  • B.S. University of Arizona 1990
    Molecular and Cellular Biology
  • B.A. University of Arizona 1990
    Comparative Religious Studies

Research Interests

  • Primary health care
  • Global health
  • Health services research
  • Social epidemiology

Awards

  • 2006 : Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholar
  • 2001 : Fulbright Scholar/Brazil

Publications

  • Paim J, Travassos C, Almeida C, Bahia L, Macinko J. The Brazilian health system: history, advances, and challenges. The Lancet. (2011) May 9 (link)
  • Macinko, J., F.Lima-Costa, et al. (2011) The Influence of Primary Care and Hospital Supply on Ambulatory Care Sensitive Hospitalizations among Adults in Brazil, 1999-2007. American Journal of Public Health. February 14, 2011. (link)
  • Macinko, J. Dourado, I, et al. (2010). Major expansion of primary care in Brazil linked to decline in unnecessary hospitalization. Health Aff (Millwood). 2010 Dec;29(12):2149-60. (link)
  • Black, J. & J. Macinko. (2010). The Changing Distribution and Determinants of Obesity in the Neighborhoods of New York City, 2003-2007. American Journal of Epidemiology 171(7):765-75. (link)
  • Black, J., J. Macinko, B. Dixon, E. Frye. (2010). Neighborhoods and Obesity in New York City. Health & Place. May;16(3):489-99 (link)
  • Turci MA, Lima-Costa MF, Proietti FA, Cesar CC, Macinko J. (2010). Intraurban differences in the use of ambulatory health services in a large Brazilian city. J Urban Health. Dec;87(6):994-1006. (link)
  • Macinko, J. & Elo, I. (2009). Black-White Differences in Avoidable Mortality in the United States, 1980-2005. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health Sep; 63(9):715-21 (link)
  • Macinko, J. Starfield, B. & E. Erinosho (2009). The impact of primary healthcare on population health in low- and middle-income countries. Journal of Ambulatory Care Management 32 (2): 149-170. (link)
  • Guanais, F. & J. Macinko (2009). The health effects of primary care decentralization in Brazil. Health Aff (Millwood). Jul-Aug; 28(4):1127-35. (link)
  • Guanais, F. & J. Macinko (2009). Primary care and avoidable hospitalizations: Evidence from Brazil. Journal of Ambulatory Care Management 32 (2): 114-21. (link)
  • Black, J. & J. Macinko. (2008). Neighborhoods and obesity: A review. Nutrition Reviews 66(1):1-19. (link)
  • Shi, L. & J. Macinko. (2008). Changes in Medical Care Experiences in Racial and Ethnic Groups in the US, 1996-2002. International Journal of Health Services 38(4):653–670. (link)
  • Macinko, J. Starfield, B. L. Shi. (2007). Primary Care Physician Supply and Health Outcomes in the United States: a Meta-analysis. International Journal of Health Services 31(1): 111-26. (link)
  • Souza, M.F., Macinko, J. et al (2007). Reductions in firearm-related mortality and hospitalizations in Brazil following gun control. Health Affairs 26(2):575-84. (link)
  • Macinko, J. Montenegro, H. Nebot, C., et al. (2007). La renovación de la atención primaria de salud en las Américas [Renewing Primary Health Care in the Americas]. Rev Panam Salud Publica/Pan Am J Public Health 21(2/3): 73-84. (link)
  • Macinko, J., Montenegro, H. and C. Nebot. (2007). Renewing Primary Health Care in the Americas: A Position Paper of the Pan American Health Organization. Washington, DC: PAHO/WHO. (link)
  • Macinko, J. Almeida, C. de Sá, P. (2007). A Rapid Assessment Methodology for the Evaluation of Primary Care Organization and Performance in Brazil. Health Policy & Planning 22(3):167-77. (link)
  • Macinko, J. Guanais, F. & F. Souza. (2006). An Evaluation of the Impact of the Family Health Program on Infant Mortality in Brazil, 1990-2002. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 60:13-19. (link)
  • Macinko, J. & C. Almeida (2006). A rapid appraisal methodology for monitoring and evaluating the organization and performance of primary care services at the local level [In Portuguese]. Brasília: Pan American Health Organization, Office of Technical Cooperation in Brazil. (link)
  • Starfield, B., Shi, L., Grover,A., Macinko, J. (2005). The effects of specialist supply on population health: assessing the evidence. Health Affairs W(5): 97-107. (link)
  • Shi, L., Macinko, J. Starfield, B. Politzer, & J. Xu. (2005). Primary care, race and mortality in the United States. Social Science & Medicine 61(1):65-75. (link)
  • Starfield, B. Shi, L. & J. Macinko. (2005). Primary care impact on health outcomes: A literature review. Milbank Quarterly 83(3): 457-502. (link)
  • Shi, L., Macinko, J. Starfield, B. Politzer, R. Wulu, J. & J. Xu. (2004) Primary Care, Social Inequalities, and All-Cause, Heart Disease, and Cancer Mortality in U.S. Counties, 1990. American Journal of Public Health (forthcoming). (link)
  • Macinko, J., Shi, L., and B. Starfield. (2004). Wage inequality, health care, and infant mortality in 19 industrialized countries. Social Science & Medicine 58(2): 279-292. (link)
  • Shi, L. Macinko, J. Starfied, B. (2004). Primary care, social inequalities, and birth outcomes in U.S. states (Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 58(5):374-80).
  • Shi L, Macinko J, Starfield B, Wulu J, Regan J, Politzer R.(2003). The relationship between primary care, income inequality, and mortality in US States, 1980-1995. Journal of the American Board of Family Practice Sep-Oct;16 (5):412-22.
  • Macinko, J., Shi, L., Starfield, B., and J. Wulu. (2003). Income inequality, primary care, and health outcomes-a critical review of the literature. Medical Care Research and Review 60(4):407-52.
  • Rodriguez-Garcia, R. and J. Macinko. (1994). The Role of NGOs in Community Health and Development. Promotion and Prevention, December 1994: 5-10.
  • Shi, L., Macinko, J., Starfield, B. and R. Politzer. (2003). Primary care, social inequality, and stroke mortality in U.S. states--a longitudinal analysis, 1985-1995. Stroke 34(8): 1958-64.
  • Macinko, J., Starfield, B. and L. Shi. (2003) The contribution of primary care systems to health outcomes in OECD countries, 1970-1998. Health Services Research 38 (3): 819-854.
  • Macinko, J. and B. Starfield (2002). Annotated bibliography on equity in health. Intl J of Equity in Health 1(1): 1-20.
  • Macinko, J. and B. Starfield. (2001). The utility of social capital in studies on health determinants. Milbank Quarterly 79 (3): 387-428.
  • Rodriguez-Garcia, R., Macinko, J., and J. Casas. (Eds.) (1998). From Humanitarian Assistance to Human Development. Washington, DC: Pan American Health Organization/WHO.
  • Rodriguez-Garcia, R., Macinko, J., and W. Waters. (2001). Microenterprise Development for Better Health Outcomes. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing. (link)

Courses

  • PUHE-GE 2355 - Social and Behavioral Determinants of Health
  • PUHE-UE 1310 - Introduction to Global Health (undergraduate)
  • GPH-GU 2120 - Integrated Seminar: Fundamental of Global Health

Editorial Boards

Editorial Board, Journal of Ambulatory Care management, 2009-present