Del Rio, Michelle
Alvarez, Juan
Mayorga, Tania
Dominguez, Salvador
Sobin, Christina http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2117-2034
Funding for this research was provided by:
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R21HD060120)
National Center for Research Resources (5G12RR008124)
The Paso del Norte Health Foundation (999)
J. Edward and Helen M. C. Stern Endowment (999)
Paula B. Ford Fellowship (999)
Article History
Received: 14 June 2017
Accepted: 28 September 2017
First Online: 27 October 2017
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Permission to conduct these studies, and approval for recommended procedures, was obtained through sequential meetings with the Mayor of Community 1, the School District Superintendent, School Board, and the principals and nurses from each of the elementary schools, and the studies were approved by the University of Texas Institutional Review Board (IRB Protocol # 564493–3, C.S., PI). Informed consent to participate was obtained from parents prior to the study; child assent was obtained immediately prior to testing. All individuals working on this study completed required training in human subjects research, blood sample collection and handling, parent interviewing, de-identification of subject information, and standards of anonymity and confidentiality.
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