These campaigns appear to be having a beneficial effect. When pediatric radiologists were surveyed in 2001 and again in 2006, there was a dramatic reduction in the amount of radiation children were being exposed to during CT scans (Arch and Frush, 2008)
For example, the maximum exposure received by a level II trauma patient during the year and a half study in Rochester, Minnesota was 54.75 mSv (Laack et al
A recent study examined the yearly use of CT scans for children visiting hospital emergency departments and found an average increase of 12.8% for each year between 1995 and 2008 (Larson et al
S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) alerted all healthcare facilities involved in performing brain perfusion computed tomography (CT) to ensure their patients were not being overexposed to ionizing radiation (Samson, 2009)
In areas where Hispanics of Mexican descent dominate, such as the Southwest and some Midwestern cities, Mexican Spanish is the only form represented in advertising, schools, and on television and radio stations. The extended family or "la familia" remains an important institution among Mexican-Americans and is functionally defined as putting the welfare of the family above all else (Alverez, 2003, p
S. though, since a recent study showed that at least 80% of Colombian Americans married outside of their community (Bergard and Klein, 2010, p
Colombian Americans have remained involved with current events in their home country, due in part to their ability to retain dual citizenship after attaining naturalized status in the U.S. (Espita, 2004, p
Practices, such as animal sacrifices, are common, but still remain largely hidden behind a veil of Catholicism. The political landscape of the Cuban American community is shaped primarily by the migratory pattern (Garcia, 2004, p
S. In the 1980s, most Colombians Americans (88%) are from urban areas (Guarnizo, Luis and Diaz, 1999, p
Politically, the Mexican-American population is overwhelmingly non-conservative. For example, 84% of California's Hispanic population is of Mexican descent (Jackson, 2011, p
S. Hispanic Groups Mexican-American The Mexican-American population in the United States represents the largest Hispanic demographic in terms of population size (Lipski, 2003, p
S. is a relatively recent phenomenon in terms of numbers, yet currently represents the fifth largest Hispanic group in the United States and the largest from South America (Murnan, 2011)
As a result, marriage outside of the Mexican-American community is becoming increasingly common. Historically, the Catholic Church has had a tremendous influence on the spiritual practices of Mexicans and therefore remains the dominant religion among this group (Pena, 2003, p
born Puerto Ricans, as they strive to overcome poverty, unemployment, and low levels of academic achievement, but slowly is the key word in this statement. The pervasive and persistent poverty and unemployment among inner city Puerto Rican communities led to several decades of political and social unrest and activism (Santiago-Valles and Jimenez-Munoz, 2004, p
For example, setting aside space within the home for a religious alter is still common today. Despite the pervasive Catholic identity, many Mexicans practice or believe in pagan rituals that were probably preserved from their Native American ancestry (Stevens-Arroyo, 2004, p
For the Chinese in the Diaspora, their collective identity was built on four different social constructs. A study (Djao, 2003) confirmed that the Chinese sense of personal identity was based on the following four factors: Political influences, and laws governing the people, and whether or not their citizenship is accepted, as well as the Chinese own political allegiance
This is one reason why professional organizations are so important. Professional associations are a synergistic group, meaning that the effect of a collection of people is greater than just one person (Cherwin, 2010)