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Adult Consent Form: ENLACE
(2014-09-23) Parra-Medina, Deborah
The 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.
America's Second Southern Border? Mexico's 2014 Programa Frontera Sur and the Widening of North American Immigration Cooperation
(2019-05) Doran, Jeremy; Greene, Kenneth
This study seeks to answer whether Mexico’s 2014 Programa Frontera Sur (PFS) represents a widening of US/Mexico immigration cooperation and a shift toward what may become a multilateral North American immigration posture. Beginning in 2011, the US noted a steady increase in the number of irregular migrants arriving at the southern border after transiting from Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador via Mexico. In response, Mexico’s President Peña Nieto announced Programa Frontera Sur (“The Southern Border Program”) which aimed to protect vulnerable migrants entering via Mexico’s southern border with Guatemala and more effectively enforce the physical and technological infrastructure of that border. There is considerable evidence that the US pressured Mexico to introduce the program early and provided much of its funding. This thesis outlines the purpose of PFS within the context of Mexico’s previous immigration policies concerning the southern border. It then analyzes the program’s immediate effects on immigration and migrant human rights to understand whether it met its two primary short-term objectives before discussing the present-day state of US/Mexican immigration cooperation. This thesis finds that PFS represented an unprecedented step toward bilateral immigration cooperation. It argues that contemporary instances of cooperation would not be possible without the bedrock that PFS established in 2014. It concludes that greater US/Mexico immigration cooperation should be expected in the future.
Cameroonian asylum-seekers Languish in mexican border cities
(Burnt X Orange, 2019-09-11) Burnt X
ENLACE: Adult Consent Forms
(2023) Latino Research Institute
This record includes IRB-approved ENLACE adult consent forms, both in English and Spanish.
ENLACE: Community Asset Mapping to Inform Physical Activity and Health and Safety Promotion Interventions in Lower Rio Grande Colonias
(2024-02-01) Latino Research Institute
ENLACE is a community-based participatory research project designed to enhance Latina’s engagement in physical activity and promote social support and collective efficacy through access to culturally appropriate, economical physical activity resources in Lower Rio Grande Valley colonias. The multi-level approach to promoting physical activity among this underserved Latina population involves attention to environmental and socio-cultural factors as well as individual attitudes and skills. To assess local residents’ perspectives of their residential environs, we conducted a series of two-part Community Asset Mapping (CAM) sessions in 8 colonias. Promotoras in each community invited women to participate and conducted the CAM sessions. Participants (n=89) ranged from 20 to 60 years of age. In the first session, promotoras guided participants through the process of identifying health and safety concerns, enumerating local assets and resources to address each concern, and locating community resources and assets on a map. In the subsequent session, participants actually visited specific local sites to assess public safety, security and suitability for engaging in physical activity. The major physical and mental health concerns residents identified included obesity, hypertension, asthma, diabetes, stress, depression, feelings of alienation and lack of medical personnel and facilities. Findings from the participatory environmental scans indicated concerns related to lack of green spaces, trash, industrial pollution, and violence. Major assets across the eight colonias were the services and staff of local Community Resource Centers and religious organizations. Findings informed the development of the promotora-delivered physical activity and community health and safety intervention of the study.
ENLACE: Community Health & Safety (CHS) Group Maintenance Program
(2024-02-01) Latino Research Institute
This record includes the protocol for the delivery of the maintenance program for ENLACE participants randomized into the Community Health and Safety(CHS) group. This manual has three sections: (1) CHS Maintenance Protocol; (2) Participant Starter Pack; and (3) CHS Visit and Telephone Contact Materials.
ENLACE: Community Health & Safety Group (CHS) Intervention Program
(2024-02-01) Latino Research Institute
This record includes the curriculum guide and presentation for the intervention delivery for ENLACE participants randomized into the Community Health and Safety group. Study materials are available in English and Spanish.
ENLACE: Community Health & Safety Intervention Training for Promotoras
(2024-02-01) Latino Research Institute
This record includes materials used to train community health workers, or promotoras, in the delivery of the Community Health & Safety group intervention for the ENLACE study. Reference the Community Health & Safety intervention program record for more information about intervention content.
ENLACE: Community Resource Guides
(2024-02-01) Latino Research Institute
This record includes community resource guides for three different counties in South Texas for ENLACE study participants. Content includes tips to be active, information about city parks, maps, and much more. Booklets are available in English and Spanish.
ENLACE: Data Collection Visit 1 Forms
(2023) Latino Research Institute
Eight materials used to collect physical activity data during the first examination visit for participants in the ENLACE study. This includes a consent form, physical activity questionnaire (in English and Spanish), AnthroFitness data sheet, participant contact information sheet, monitor follow-up log (in English and Spanish), and a motion monitor record booklet (in English and Spanish).
ENLACE: Data Collection Visit 2 Forms
(2023) Latino Research Institute
Three materials used to collect physical activity data during the second examination visit for participants in the ENLACE study. This includes a physical activity questionnaire (in English and Spanish) and food frequency questionnaire data sheet.
ENLACE: Human Subjects Protocol
(2023) Latino Research Institute
This record includes the IRB-approved Human Subjects Protocol used for the ENLACE study.
ENLACE: In Depth Interview Guides
(2024-01-12) Latino Research Institute
This record includes two in depth interview guides used to assess participant progress in the ENLACE study, including a 16-week post-intervention interview guide and a 40-week post-intervention interview guide. Guides are available in English and Spanish.
ENLACE: Intervention Mapping
(2024-02-01) Latino Research Institute
This record includes the intervention mapping logic model and behavioral outcome matric for the ENLACE study.
ENLACE: Media Coverage
(2023) Latino Research Institute
This record includes a press release promoting the ENLACE study by UT Health Science Center at San Antonio.
ENLACE: Motion Monitor Record Booklet
(2024-02-01) Latino Research Institute
This record includes the Motion Monitor Record Booklet used in the ENLACE study. The booklet provides instructions on how to use the motion monitor, outlines reminders, and has a participant daily log. This material is available in English and Spanish.
ENLACE: Newsletters (Physical Activity Intervention Maintenance)
(2024-01-12) Latino Research Institute
This record contains five newsletters delivered to participants of the ENLACE study sorted into the physical activity intervention group. Newsletters promote physical activity and exercise, and are available in English and Spanish
ENLACE: Physical Activity (PA) Group Intervention Program
(2024-02-01) Latino Research Institute
This record includes the curriculum guide and other materials for the intervention delivery for ENLACE participants randomized into the Physical Activity group. This includes a program curriculum, a difficulty scale; yoga flash cards, muscle strengthening flashcards; and a physical activity toolbox. All study materials are available in English and Spanish.
ENLACE: Physical Activity (PA) Group Maintenance Program
(2024-02-01) Latino Research Institute
This record includes the protocol for the delivery of the maintenance program for ENLACE participants randomized into the Physical Activity (PA) group. This manual has three sections: (1) PA Maintenance Protocol; (2) PA Starter Pack; and (3) PA Visit and Telephone Contact Materials.
ENLACE: Physical Activity Intervention Training for Promotoras
(2024-02-01) Latino Research Institute
This record includes materials used to train community health workers, or promotoras, in the delivery of the community health & safety group intervention for the ENLACE study. Reference the Physical Activity intervention program record for more information about intervention content.