[Influence of Fetomaternal Risk Factors on Mortality and Morbidity in Extremely Preterm Infants].

Introduction: The management of pregnant women at risk of preterm delivery poses a challenge to the interdisciplinary team. At the edge of viability, it is crucial to take into consideration maternal and fetal risk factors when determining individual counseling and therapeutic approaches.

Methods: At a level 4 perinatal center, all preterm infants (PI) born in the years 2017 to 2020 who had a gestational age between 23 and 24 weeks and were cared for with a curative therapeutic approach were enrolled in a retrospective observational study.

Health-related quality of life and social determinants of health following COVID-19 infection in a predominantly Latino population.

Background: As the COVID-19 pandemic evolves, more information is needed on its long-term impacts on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and social determinants of health (SDoH). The aim of the study was to assess HRQoL and SDoH among a predominantly Latino population of COVID-19 survivors and to compare effects in Latinos versus non-Latinos.

Methods: This cross-sectional study consisted of a survey (in English and Spanish) of COVID-19 survivors from December 2020 to July 2021.

Impacts on patient-centered outcomes of a chronic pain self-management program in a rural community: A feasibility study.

This study explored if a self-management training program was feasible for a predominantly older rural Latino adults with chronic pain who had limited access to non-pharmacologically based pain treatment. Physical therapy doctoral students delivered the six-week low-literacy low-cost patient-centered program. The intervention was feasible to the participants (n=38) who showed improvement in a majority of the eight outcome measures at 6-week posttest and three measures at 18-week followup.

The Overlap Between Rural Hospital Needs and Medical Student Goals in Texas.

Introduction: The rural health workforce in the United States is difficult to maintain and harder to increase. This may contribute to worse health outcomes in rural areas and threaten the sustainability of rural hospitals. Previous studies have attempted to identify medical student characteristics and strategies to help grow this workforce.

Development of an E-Cigarettes Education and Cessation Program: A South Texas Oral Health Network Study.

Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use, or vaping, among youth and young adults has become a major public health concern. The prevalence of vaping has grown an astounding 900% among high school students from 2011 to 2015, and e-cigarette use among high school students has increased by 78% from 2017 to 2018, largely due to the rise in popularity of the high-dose nicotine product, JUUL. To date, there are few evidence-based e-cigarette cessation programs.

Allopregnanolone augments epileptiform activity of an in-vitro mouse hippocampal preparation in the first postnatal week.

In the immature brain the neurotransmitter γ-amino butyric acid (GABA) mediates a membrane depolarization and can contribute to both, inhibition and excitation. Therefore the consequences of a positive modulation of GABA(A) receptors by neurosteroids on epileptiform activity are hard to predict. In order to analyze whether neurosteroids attenuate or exaggerate epileptiform activity in the immature brain, we investigated the effect of the neurosteroid allopregnanolone on epileptiform activity in an in-toto hippocampus preparation of early postnatal mice (postnatal days 4-7) using field potential recordings.

Taurine potentiates the anticonvulsive effect of the GABA agonist muscimol and pentobarbital in the immature mouse hippocampus.

Objective: The high incidence of epileptic seizures in neonates and their frequent refractoriness to pharmacologic therapies require identification of new therapeutical options. Therefore, we investigated whether the modulatory effect of taurine on γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptors can enhance the anticonvulsive potential of the GABA receptor agonist muscimol and of the barbiturate pentobarbital.

Methods: We performed field potential recordings in in toto hippocampus preparations of immature (postnatal days 4-7) C57Bl/6 mouse pups.

Developing a patient-centered outcome for targeting early childhood obesity across multiple stakeholders.

Background: Patient-centered outcome measures for childhood obesity are limited. Identifying outcomes that patients and families consider important could be a viable avenue for better engagement of patients and interventions that are efficacious and acceptable to patients. Latino children experience high rates of obesity, and under-recognition of obesity in preschool aged children is common.

Early Antibiotics and Childhood Obesity: Do Future Risks Matter to Parents and Physicians?

To understand how parents and physicians make decisions regarding antibiotics and whether a potential associated risk of obesity would alter decisions, we conducted a qualitative study of parents and physicians who care for children. Parent focus groups and physician interviews used a guide focused on experience with antibiotics and perceptions of risks and benefits, including obesity. Content analysis was used to understand how a risk of obesity would influence antibiotic decisions.

Less Exercise and More Drugs: How a Low-Income Population Manages Chronic Pain.

Objectives: To evaluate chronic pain management in a multistate, low-income Hispanic population, and to examine predictors of exercising and prescription pain medication (PPM) use.

Design: Online survey administered to a representative sample of Hispanic adults in June 2015.

Setting: Five southwestern states.

Gaps in the Public's Knowledge About Chronic Pain: Representative Sample of Hispanic Residents From 5 States.

Unlabelled: Educating the general public about chronic pain and its care is a national health priority. We evaluated knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs (KAB) of a 5-state, population-based sample of Hispanic individuals aged 35 to 75 years without chronic pain, representing more than 8.8 million persons.

Comparing two sampling methods to engage hard-to-reach communities in research priority setting.

Background: Effective community-partnered and patient-centered outcomes research needs to address community priorities. However, optimal sampling methods to engage stakeholders from hard-to-reach, vulnerable communities to generate research priorities have not been identified.

Methods: In two similar rural, largely Hispanic communities, a community advisory board guided recruitment of stakeholders affected by chronic pain using a different method in each community: 1) snowball sampling, a chain- referral method or 2) purposive sampling to recruit diverse stakeholders.

The citizen scientist: Community-academic partnerships through Translational Advisory Boards.

Objective: To describe the effectiveness of engaging patient partners as "citizen scientists" in the research process to boost patient centered outcomes research in underrepresented populations.

Methods: Translational Advisory Boards in South Texas have effectively collaborated with University researchers to develop community-based patient centered research. Here we describe innovative approaches in research to engage patients and offer practical methods to enhance partnerships between patients and researchers to facilitate patient engagement.

A qualitative study of family healthy lifestyle behaviors of Mexican-American and Mexican immigrant fathers and mothers.

This study qualitatively examines contrasting parental decision-making styles about family food choices and physical activities as well as willingness to change behaviors among Mexican-American and Mexican immigrant mothers and fathers of school-aged children. Twelve sex-specific focus groups were held in English or Spanish in 2012. Qualitative analysis informed by grounded theory examined parenting styles (ie, authoritative, authoritarian, or permissive), barriers to healthy lifestyle, and parents' stage of change about healthy lifestyles.