Latino Research Institute
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The Latino Research Institute is a research-focused entity within the College of Liberal Arts. The mission of the Latino Research Institute is to provide the infrastructure for the creation and dissemination of quality information about issues affecting Latino populations in the region, state, and nation. Together with the Center for Mexican American Studies and the Department of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies, the Institute supports the interdisciplinary study of Mexican-origin and Latino populations in Texas and beyond.
By creating and supporting a community of scholars in Latino studies and building a comprehensive archive, the Latino Research Institute will serve as an invaluable resource for community volunteers, activists, policy makers, and other groups working to create programs and policies which directly affect the lives of Latinos in the United States.
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Item Baseline Parent Survey (Spanish version): Partnership for Girls(2011) Parra-Medina, Deborah“Be Fit with Friends,” a partnership between the IHPR and Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas, encourages girls to engage in physical activity through planned activities, education, social media, and more. San Antonio Girl Scouts were instrumental in developing the “Be Fit with Friends” program, identifying barriers to physical activity (for instance, basketball courts in use by boys, concerns about neighborhood safety) and creating a Facebook page to connect to others in the program.Item Parent Supplement Follow-up Survey: Partnership for Girls (Spanish version)(2011) Parra-Medina, Deborah“Be Fit with Friends,” a partnership between the IHPR and Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas, encourages girls to engage in physical activity through planned activities, education, social media, and more. San Antonio Girl Scouts were instrumental in developing the “Be Fit with Friends” program, identifying barriers to physical activity (for instance, basketball courts in use by boys, concerns about neighborhood safety) and creating a Facebook page to connect to others in the program.Item Parent Baseline Survey: Partnership for Girls(2011) Parra-Medina, Deborah“Be Fit with Friends,” a partnership between the IHPR and Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas, encourages girls to engage in physical activity through planned activities, education, social media, and more. San Antonio Girl Scouts were instrumental in developing the “Be Fit with Friends” program, identifying barriers to physical activity (for instance, basketball courts in use by boys, concerns about neighborhood safety) and creating a Facebook page to connect to others in the program.Item Facilitator Guide: Partnership for Girls(2011) Parra-Medina, Deborah“Be Fit with Friends,” a partnership between the IHPR and Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas, encourages girls to engage in physical activity through planned activities, education, social media, and more. San Antonio Girl Scouts were instrumental in developing the “Be Fit with Friends” program, identifying barriers to physical activity (for instance, basketball courts in use by boys, concerns about neighborhood safety) and creating a Facebook page to connect to others in the program.Item Overview: Partnership for Girls(2011) Parra-Medina, Deborah“Be Fit with Friends,” a partnership between the IHPR and Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas, encourages girls to engage in physical activity through planned activities, education, social media, and more. San Antonio Girl Scouts were instrumental in developing the “Be Fit with Friends” program, identifying barriers to physical activity (for instance, basketball courts in use by boys, concerns about neighborhood safety) and creating a Facebook page to connect to others in the program.Item Follow-up Data Collection Protocol: Partnership for Girls(2011) Parra-Medina, Deborah“Be Fit with Friends,” a partnership between the IHPR and Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas, encourages girls to engage in physical activity through planned activities, education, social media, and more. San Antonio Girl Scouts were instrumental in developing the “Be Fit with Friends” program, identifying barriers to physical activity (for instance, basketball courts in use by boys, concerns about neighborhood safety) and creating a Facebook page to connect to others in the program.Item Girls Follow-Up Survey: Partnership for Girls(2011) Parra-Medina, Deborah“Be Fit with Friends,” a partnership between the IHPR and Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas, encourages girls to engage in physical activity through planned activities, education, social media, and more. San Antonio Girl Scouts were instrumental in developing the “Be Fit with Friends” program, identifying barriers to physical activity (for instance, basketball courts in use by boys, concerns about neighborhood safety) and creating a Facebook page to connect to others in the program.Item Construct Table: Partnership for Girls(2011) Parra-Medina, Deborah“Be Fit with Friends,” a partnership between the IHPR and Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas, encourages girls to engage in physical activity through planned activities, education, social media, and more. San Antonio Girl Scouts were instrumental in developing the “Be Fit with Friends” program, identifying barriers to physical activity (for instance, basketball courts in use by boys, concerns about neighborhood safety) and creating a Facebook page to connect to others in the program.Item Parent Supplement Follow-up Survey: Partnership for Girls(2011) Parra-Medina, Deborah“Be Fit with Friends,” a partnership between the IHPR and Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas, encourages girls to engage in physical activity through planned activities, education, social media, and more. San Antonio Girl Scouts were instrumental in developing the “Be Fit with Friends” program, identifying barriers to physical activity (for instance, basketball courts in use by boys, concerns about neighborhood safety) and creating a Facebook page to connect to others in the program.Item Baseline Data Collection Protocol: Partnership for Girls(2011) Parra-Medina, Deborah“Be Fit with Friends,” a partnership between the IHPR and Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas, encourages girls to engage in physical activity through planned activities, education, social media, and more. San Antonio Girl Scouts were instrumental in developing the “Be Fit with Friends” program, identifying barriers to physical activity (for instance, basketball courts in use by boys, concerns about neighborhood safety) and creating a Facebook page to connect to others in the program.Item Girls Baseline Survey: Partnership for Girls(2011) Parra-Medina, Deborah“Be Fit with Friends,” a partnership between the IHPR and Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas, encourages girls to engage in physical activity through planned activities, education, social media, and more. San Antonio Girl Scouts were instrumental in developing the “Be Fit with Friends” program, identifying barriers to physical activity (for instance, basketball courts in use by boys, concerns about neighborhood safety) and creating a Facebook page to connect to others in the program.Item Adult Consent Form: ENLACE (Spanish version)(2014-09-23) Parra-Medina, DeborahThe purpose of this study is to determine if a promotora-led intervention that takes a comprehensive, multi-level, community-based approach to promoting physical activity (PA) is effective among a particularly underserved segment of Latinas. We hypothesize that Latinas in the promotora-led PA Intervention will significantly increase minutes per week of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) compared to Latinas in the attention-control group.Item Adult Consent Form: ENLACE(2014-09-23) Parra-Medina, DeborahThe purpose of this study is to determine if a promotora-led intervention that takes a comprehensive, multi-level, community-based approach to promoting physical activity (PA) is effective among a particularly underserved segment of Latinas. We hypothesize that Latinas in the promotora-led PA Intervention will significantly increase minutes per week of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) compared to Latinas in the attention-control group.Item IRB Research Proposal: K01(2014-10) Morales-Campos, DaisyThere is a critical need to understand why there is less than optimal uptake of the HPV vaccine among Hispanic girls along the Texas-Mexico border, despite the high cervical cancer incidence and mortality rates for Hispanic women in this area. The purpose of this research was to understand the determinants for parental intentions and acceptance of HPV vaccination and factors influencing provider's intention to recommend vaccination.Item Baseline Visit 1 Survey: ENLACE(2014-11) Parra-Medina, DeborahThe purpose of this study is to determine if a promotora-led intervention that takes a comprehensive, multi-level, community-based approach to promoting physical activity (PA) is effective among a particularly underserved segment of Latinas. We hypothesize that Latinas in the promotora-led PA Intervention will significantly increase minutes per week of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) compared to Latinas in the attention-control group.Item ENLACE Session 1 Manual (Spanish version)(2014-11-04) Parra-Medina, DeborahThe purpose of this study is to determine if a promotora-led intervention that takes a comprehensive, multi-level, community-based approach to promoting physical activity (PA) is effective among a particularly underserved segment of Latinas. We hypothesize that Latinas in the promotora-led PA Intervention will significantly increase minutes per week of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) compared to Latinas in the attention-control group.Item ENLACE Session 1 Manual(2014-11-04) Parra-Medina, DeborahThe purpose of this study is to determine if a promotora-led intervention that takes a comprehensive, multi-level, community-based approach to promoting physical activity (PA) is effective among a particularly underserved segment of Latinas. We hypothesize that Latinas in the promotora-led PA Intervention will significantly increase minutes per week of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) compared to Latinas in the attention-control group.Item American Identity Measure: CAPAS (Spanish version)(2015) Parra-Cardona, RubenLatinx populations in the United States (US) continue to be seriously impacted by persistent health disparities. According to the 2018 Monitoring the Future Study, Latinx adolescents had the highest rates of use of most illicit drugs compared to other ethnic groups. When considering differential risks among Latinxs, US-born youth in low-income first-generation families are at high risk for experiencing poverty, discrimination, and barriers to access services. These adolescents can also be exposed to deleterious parent-youth cultural conflicts, which may increase their risk for behavioral problems, including the use of alcohol and other drugs. Contextual stressors also have a negative impact the quality of parenting practices of immigrant parents, with associated deleterious consequences for their adolescent children. Although parent training (PT) interventions constitute the gold standard for strengthening parenting practices that are effective protective factors in the lives of adolescents, the availability of efficacious culturally adapted PT interventions in underserved Latinx communities remains scarce throughout the US. Thus, there is an urgent need in the implementation science (IS) field to identify implementation strategies aimed at addressing service gaps affecting Latinx populations. The research aims of this R34 investigation are: (a) To implement a pilot study aimed at refining a culturally adapted version of the evidence-based intervention known as GenerationPMTO© (i.e., CAPAS-Youth), adapted for Latinx immigrant families with adolescent children, (b) to implement a randomized controlled trial, aimed at empirically testing the efficacy of the CAPAS-Youth intervention with first-generation low-income Latinx families in Travis County, (c) to measure barriers and facilitators associated with the implementation of the CAPAS-Youth prevention intervention in the target context, and (d) to measure relevant implementation outcomes to inform a future R01 effectiveness trial. Implementing efficacious prevention initiatives in faith-based organizations constitutes a key alternative to address service barriers experienced by underserved populations. We also propose that by training lay members of target communities as prevention interventionists, the sustainment of prevention programs can be greatly enhanced. This investigation has relevance as we focus on a population that remains understudied in the IS field. The investigation has high public health relevance as it is responsive to Goals 2 and 4 of NIDA’s strategic plan, aimed at “addressing health disparities experienced by populations not adequately served by existing systems of care.”Item Recruitment Poster: Health4Kids(2015) Parra-Medina, DeborahHealth4Kids is an obesity management program that uses family counseling, text messages, and newsletters to encourage healthier eating and increased physical activity in overweight and obese Latino children in San Antonio, Texas. Through pediatric clinics at the University Health System, researchers will work with child-parent pairs to test and evaluate the efficacy of intervention strategies including family counseling (in-clinic and phone) and culturally tailored text messages and newsletters. The research team will measure the impact of the program on body composition, insulin, glucose and cholesterol levels, and on health behavior changes like physical activity and fruit and vegetable consumption.Item IRB Human Subjects Protocol: ENLACE(2015) Parra-Medina, DeborahThe purpose of this study is to determine if a promotora-led intervention that takes a comprehensive, multi-level, community-based approach to promoting physical activity (PA) is effective among a particularly underserved segment of Latinas. We hypothesize that Latinas in the promotora-led PA Intervention will significantly increase minutes per week of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) compared to Latinas in the attention-control group.