Jo Ivey Elizabeth Boufford
Jo Ivey Elizabeth Boufford
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Director of the Doctor of Public Health Program
Clinical Professor of Global and Environmental Health
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Professional overview
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Jo Ivey Boufford, M.D., is Clinical Professor of Global Health at the New York University School of Global Public Health and Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at New York University School of Medicine. She is President Emeritus of The New York Academy of Medicine and Immediate Past President of the International Society for Urban Health (2017-9). She served as Dean of the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University from June 1997 to November 2002. Prior to that, she served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from November 1993 to January 1997, and as Acting Assistant Secretary from January 1997 to May 1997. While at HHS, she was the U.S. representative on the Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO) from 1994–1997. She served in a variety of senior positions in and as President of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC), the largest municipal system in the United States, from December 1985 until October 1989. In NYC, she currently serves on the Board of the United Hospital Fund, is Vice Chair of the NYS Public Health and Health Planning Council (PHHPC) and Chair of its Public Health Committee. Nationally, she is on the Boards of the National Hispanic Health Foundation and the Health Effects Institute. She was elected to membership in the US National Academy of Medicine (formerly IOM) in 1992, served on its Board on Global Health, and served two four year terms as its Foreign Secretary from 2003 to 2011, She was elected to membership of the National Academy of Public Administration in 2015. She is a Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine. Dr. Boufford attended Wellesley College for two years and received her BA (Psychology) magna cum laude from the University of Michigan, and her MD, with distinction, from the University of Michigan Medical School. She is Board Certified in pediatrics.
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Education
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BA, Psychology (Magna Cum Laude), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MIMD, Medicine (with distinction), University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI
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Honors and awards
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Honorary Doctorate of Science, Toledo University, Toledo, OH (2012)Honorary Doctorate of Science, Pace University, New York, NY (2011)Top 100 Most Influential Women, Crain's New York Business (2007)Honorary Doctorate of Science, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY (2007)Honorary Doctorate of Science, State University of New York, Brooklyn, NY (1992)Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellowship, Institute of Medicine in Washington, DC (1980)
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Areas of research and study
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Aging and the Life CourseGates FoundationHealth DisparitiesHealth PromotionInternational HealthNew York City Health and Hospitals CorporationPrevention InterventionsPublic AdministrationPublic Health ManagementPublic Health PolicyPublic Health SystemsUS Department of Health and Human ServicesWorld Health Organization
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Publications
Publications
A new whole-of-city strategy for addressing cardiovascular population health
AbstractBoufford, J. I. E., Aerts, A., & Boufford, J. I. (n.d.).Publication year
2021Journal title
Cities and HealthAbstractPeople in low- and middle-income countries experience heart disease at alarming rates. As urbanization accelerates, cities can drive innovative partnerships to improve prevention and management of heart disease, bringing government, business and civil society together. Through Better Hearts Better Cities, we pioneered a people-centered and multisector initiative, guided and owned by local city authorities, to address cardiovascular disease and its underlying causes within the context of rapid urbanization, reaching millions of people. Cities across the world can apply its strategy, consisting of six pillars named CARDIO, shorthand for Care, Access, policy Reform, Data and digital, Intersectoral collaboration and local Ownership.Advancing an Age-Friendly NYC
AbstractBoufford, J. I. E., & Boufford, J. I. (n.d.).Publication year
2017Journal title
Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of MedicineVolume
94Issue
3Page(s)
317-318Abstract~An integrated clinical correlation course in the neurosciences for first-year medical students
AbstractBoufford, J. I. E., Talalla, A., Boufford, J. I., & Lass, S. L. (n.d.).Publication year
1974Journal title
Journal of Medical EducationVolume
49Issue
3Page(s)
253-263AbstractAn increasing number of medical schools are undertaking substantial curricular revisions embodying such concepts as small group teaching, early patient contact, and active student participation in the learning process, all within the organ system approach to learning. One system that seems especially suited to the new approach is that of the neurosciences. A clinical correlation course in the neurosciences was conducted for freshman medical students at the University of Southern California in 1970. Twenty three instructors, all practicing clinicians and most of them neurosurgeons, provided small group experiences for the 98 students during the seven week course. This report contains a description of the design, coordination, implementation, and evaluation of the course and of the major factors which contributed to its successful outcome. The evaluation data provide some interesting insights into this teaching learning process that are applicable to many educational experiences.Andrew Pattullo Lecture. Health future : the managerial agenda.
AbstractBoufford, J. I. E., & Boufford, J. I. (n.d.).Publication year
1999Journal title
The Journal of health administration educationVolume
17Issue
4Page(s)
271-295Abstract~Community Oriented Primary Care: Training for Urban Practice
AbstractBoufford, J. I. E., Boufford, J. I., & Shonubi, P. A. (n.d.).Publication year
1986Abstract~COVID-19 reveals the systemic nature of urban health globally
AbstractBoufford, J. I. E., Gatzweiler, F., Fu, B., Rozenblat, C., Su, H. J., Luginaah, I., Corburn, J., Boufford, J. I., Vela Valdes, J., Nguendo-Yongsi, B., Howden-Chapman, P., Singh, R. B., Cooper, R., Oni, T., & Zhu, Y. G. (n.d.).Publication year
2021Journal title
Cities and HealthVolume
5Issue
sup1Page(s)
S32-S36AbstractStatement by the scientific committee* of the International Science Council’s Programme on Urban Health and Wellbeing, on critical elements of urban health action in response to the epidemic.Crisis, leadership, consensus : The past and future federal role in health
AbstractBoufford, J. I. E., & Boufford, J. I. (n.d.).Publication year
1999Journal title
Journal of Urban HealthVolume
76Issue
2Page(s)
192-206AbstractThis paper touches on patterns of federal government involvement in the health sector since the late 18th century to the present and speculates on its role in the early decades of the 21st century. Throughout the history of the US, government involvement in the health sector came only in the face of crisis, only when there was widespread consensus, and only through sustained leadership. One of the first health-related acts of Congress came about as a matter of interstate commerce regarding the dilemma as to what to do about treating merchant seamen who had no affiliation with any state. Further federal actions were implemented to address epidemics, such as from yellow fever, that traveled from state to state through commercial ships. Each federal action was met with concern and resistance from states' rights advocates, who asserted that the health of the public was best left to the states and localities. It was not until the early part of the 20th century that a concern for social well-being, not merely commerce, drove the agenda for public health action. Two separate campaigns for national health insurance, as well as a rapid expansion of programs to serve the specific health needs of specific populations, led finally to the introduction of Medicaid and Medicare in the 1960s, the most dramatic example of government intervention in shaping the personal health care delivery system in the latter half of the 20th century. As health costs continued to rise and more and more Americans lacked adequate health insurance, a perceived crisis led President Clinton to launch his 1993 campaign to insure every American - the third attempt in this century to provide universal coverage. While the crisis was perceived by many, there was no consensus on action, and leadership outside government was missing. Today, the health care crisis still looms. Despite an economic boom, 1 million Americans lose their health insurance each year, with 41 million Americans, or 15% of the population, lacking coverage. Private premiums are going up again as federal programs are capped and the lack of a federal framework for quality assurance leads to growing problems of access and quality that will need to be addressed as we enter the 21st century. What role will government play?.Critical Issues of Public Service Education
AbstractBoufford, J. I. E., & Boufford, J. I. (n.d.).Publication year
2003Journal title
Journal of Public Affairs EducationVolume
9Issue
1Page(s)
1-5AbstractJo Ivey Boufford, president of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration, is a professor of Health Policy and Public Service in the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service of New York University. She was dean of the Wagner School from 1997 to 2002. Boufford delivered this address at NASPAA's annual conference in October 2002.Evaluating self-help support groups for medical students
AbstractBoufford, J. I. E., Goetzel, R. Z., Croen, L. G., Shelov, S., Boufford, J. I., & Levin, G. (n.d.).Publication year
1984Journal title
Journal of Medical EducationVolume
59Issue
4Page(s)
331-340AbstractSelf-help support groups for medical students represent one strategy for dealing with the emotional stresses of medical training and the diminished human sensitivity of students that often accompanies that experience. Support groups at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine were evaluated by 26 students who completed a nine-part questionnaire. The respondents indicated that they were primarily drawn to these groups because of a desire for social affiliation and an opportunity to express their feelings in a “safe” environment. Members shared in the leadership responsibilities of the group and dealt with external personal problems of the students rather than with the internal group dynamics. The gains derived from participation in these groups included opportunities for nonprofessional contact with faculty members, getting help and support from fellow students, and participation in stimulating discussions about the medical field. Students rated the groups as “meaningful” and expressed a desire for more frequent meetings.Fatal flows - Doctors on the move
AbstractBoufford, J. I. E., Chen, L. C., & Boufford, J. I. (n.d.).Publication year
2005Journal title
New England Journal of MedicineVolume
353Issue
17Page(s)
1850-1852Abstract~Fatal flows - Doctors on the move
AbstractBoufford, J. I. E., Chen, L. C., & Boufford, J. I. (n.d.).Publication year
2005Journal title
New England Journal of MedicineVolume
353Issue
17Page(s)
1850-1852Abstract~Federal programs and Indian country : A time for reinvention
AbstractBoufford, J. I. E., Boufford, J. I., & Lee, P. R. (n.d.).Publication year
1998Journal title
Public Health ReportsVolume
113Issue
1Page(s)
34-37Abstract~Federally Supported Primary Care Training Programs and Pediatric Careers
AbstractBoufford, J. I. E., Shelov, S. P., Alpert, J. J., Rayman, I., Straus, J. H., Fallon, S., & Boufford, J. (n.d.).Publication year
1987Journal title
American Journal of Diseases of ChildrenVolume
141Issue
1Page(s)
65-66Abstract~Focusing on Health to Advance Sustainable Urban Transitions
AbstractBoufford, J. I. E., Thomas, Y. F., Boufford, J. I., & Talukder, S. H. (n.d.).Publication year
2016Journal title
Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of MedicineVolume
93Issue
1Page(s)
1-5Abstract~Fostering capacity building and multidisciplinary urban health research in Latin America
AbstractBoufford, J. I. E., Sarmiento, O. L., Grant, M., Caiaffa, W. T., Lovasi, G. S., Boufford, J. I., Eijkermans, G., Indvik, K., & Baldovino-Chiquillo, L. (n.d.).Publication year
2023Journal title
Cities and HealthVolume
7Issue
1Page(s)
1-8Abstract~Health policymaking: the role of the federal government
AbstractBoufford, J. I. E., Boufford, J. I., & Lee, P. R. (n.d.).Publication year
2002Abstract~Healthcare in a land called peoplepower : Nothing about me without me
AbstractBoufford, J. I. E., Delbanco, T., Berwick, D. M., Boufford, J. I., Edgman-Levitan, P. A., Ollenschläger, G., Plamping, D., & Rockefeller, R. G. (n.d.).Publication year
2001Journal title
Health ExpectationsVolume
4Issue
3Page(s)
144-150AbstractIn a 5-day retreat at a Salzburg Seminar attended by 64 individuals from 29 countries, teams of health professionals, patient advocates, artists, reporters and social scientists adopted the guiding principle of 'nothing about me without me' and created the country of PeoplePower. Designed to shift health care from 'biomedicine' to 'infomedicine', patients and health workers throughout PeoplePower join in informed, shared decision-making and governance. Drawing, where possible, on computer-based guidance and communication technologies, patients and clinicians contribute actively to the patient record, transcripts of clinical encounters are shared, and patient education occurs primarily in the home, school and community-based organizations. Patients and clinicians jointly develop individual 'quality contracts', serving as building blocks for quality measurement and improvement systems that aggregate data, while reflecting unique attributes of individual patients and clinicians. Patients donate process and outcome data to national data banks that fuel epidemiological research and evidence-based improvement systems. In PeoplePower hospitals, constant patient and employee feedback informs quality improvement work teams of patients and health professionals. Volunteers work actively in all units, patient rooms are information centres that transform their shape and decor as needs and individual preferences dictate, and arts and humanities programmes nourish the spirit. In the community, from the earliest school days the citizenry works with health professionals to adopt responsible health behaviours. Communities join in selecting and educating health professionals and barter systems improve access to care. Finally, lay individuals partner with professionals on all local, regional and national governmental and private health agencies.How federal laws are made--and what we should be doing about it.
AbstractBoufford, J. I. E., & Boufford, J. (n.d.).Publication year
1982Journal title
Journal of the American Medical Women's AssociationVolume
37Issue
5Page(s)
115-117Abstract~How to address non-communicable diseases in urban Africa
AbstractBoufford, J. I. E., Hunter-Adams, J., Yongsi, B. N., Dzasi, K., Parnell, S., Boufford, J. I., Pieterse, E., & Oni, T. (n.d.).Publication year
2017Journal title
The Lancet Diabetes and EndocrinologyVolume
5Issue
12Page(s)
932-934Abstract~Innovating healthcare delivery to address noncommunicable diseases in low-income settings : The example of hypertension
AbstractBoufford, J. I. E., Piot, P., Aerts, A., Wood, D. A., Lamptey, P., Oti, S., Connell, K., Dorairaj, P., Boufford, J. I., Caldwell, A., & Perel, P. (n.d.).Publication year
2016Journal title
Future CardiologyVolume
12Issue
4Page(s)
401-403AbstractLondon Dialogue event, The Hospital Club, 24 Endell St, London, WC2H 9HQ, London, UK, 1 December 2015 Hypertension is a global health issue causing almost 10 million deaths annually, with a disproportionate number occurring in low- and middle-income countries. The condition can be managed effectively, but there is a need for innovation in healthcare delivery to alleviate its burden. This paper presents a number of innovative delivery models from a number of different countries, including Kenya, Ghana, Barbados and India. These models were presented at the London Dialogue event, which was cohosted by the Novartis Foundation and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Centre for Global Noncommunicable Diseases on 1 December 2015. It is argued that these models are applicable not only to hypertension, but provide valuable lessons to address other noncommunicable diseases.Leadership development for global health
AbstractBoufford, J. I. E., & Boufford, J. I. (n.d.).Publication year
2005Abstract~Managing the unmanageable : Public hospital systems
AbstractBoufford, J. I. E., & Boufford, J. I. (n.d.).Publication year
1991Journal title
The International Journal of Health Planning and ManagementVolume
6Issue
2Page(s)
143-154AbstractThere are significant challenges to those who work in large public health care delivery systems: political imperatives; resource constraints; sometimes rigid personnel systems; and, the reality that everything occurs in a public forum. The fact that many nations are reviewing and, in some instances, restructuring their national health care systems, has added to the complexity and feeling of continual turbulence experienced by their managers. State run systems like that in the United Kingdom are introducing market forces to increase effectiveness and value for money; while market systems, like that in the United States, are increasing regulatory interventions to achieve the kind of cost control available to countries with large public systems which operate with global budgets. Public hospitals in the United States offer examples of public institutions operating in a highly competitive market environment. A decade of management changes undertaken to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC), the largest public hospital system in the United States, is presented as a case study of public health services and public management in a market environment.Marijuana : current federal law remains in effect.
AbstractBoufford, J. I. E., Boufford, J. I., & Richard, M. M. (n.d.).Publication year
1997Journal title
Connecticut medicineVolume
61Issue
4Page(s)
229-230Abstract~Marijuana-controlled substance?
AbstractBoufford, J. I. E., Boufford, J. I., & Richard, M. M. (n.d.).Publication year
1997Journal title
Delaware medical journalVolume
69Issue
3Page(s)
141-142Abstract~Models for increasing access : strengthening community health centers & a national health service corps.
AbstractBoufford, J. I. E., & Boufford, J. I. (n.d.).Publication year
1990Journal title
Journal of health care for the poor and underservedVolume
1Issue
1Page(s)
107-115 discussion 123Abstract~