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General Information
Dataset Name: Health Information National Trends Survey 2005 (HINTS 2005)
Data Collection Mode: Telephone
Population: U.S. civilian, non-institutionalized, adults aged 18 or older.
Collection Period: February 2005   to   August 2005
Number of Observations: 5586
Availability: Yes, publicly available.
Data Dictionary: contents.hints2005.d2006_06_02.public.pdf
Keywords: Health communication, tobacco
Description: HINTS, first conducted in 2003, collects nationally representative data routinely about the American public’s use of cancer-related information. The survey provides updates on changing patterns, needs, and information opportunities in health; identifies changing communication trends and practices; assesses cancer information access and usage; provides information about how cancer risks are perceived; and offers a testbed to researchers to test new theories in health communication. The HINTS 2005 dataset represents the second administration of HINTS.
Organizational Home: National Cancer Institute

Contact Information
Contact First Name: Brad
Contact Last Name: Hesse
Degree:
Contact Affliliation: National Cancer Institute, Behavioral Research Program, Health Communication and Informatics Researc
Address Line1: 6130 Executive Blvd
Address Line2: EPN 4068
City: Rockville
State: MD
Zip: 20852
Country: USA
Telephone: (301) 594-990
E-mail: [email protected]

Measures & Constructs
Measure NameConstructName
HINTS Health Status Question Health status
HINTS Psychological Distress Scale Psychological distress

References & Links
ReferencesPubMed IDComment
Nelson D.E., Kreps G.L., Hesse B.W., Croyle R.T., Willis G., Arora N.K., Rimer B.K., Viswanath K.V., Weinstein N., Alden S. 2004. The Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS): Development, design, and dissemination. J Health Commun 9(5):443-60; discussion 81-4.15513791 

caGrid Information
Grid-enabled status: Data available as Grid dataservice
caGrid Service URL:
http://hints2005.westat.com:8080/wsrf/services/cagrid/Hints2005
Preview CQL Statement: <ns1:CQLQuery xmlns:ns1="http://CQL.caBIG/1/gov.nih.nci.cagrid.CQLQuery"> <ns1:Target name="gov.nih.nci.dccps.hints2005.domain.Emotion"/> <ns1:QueryModifier countOnly="false"> <ns1:AttributeNames>distress</ns1:AttributeNames> <ns1:AttributeNames>distressScore</ns1:AttributeNames> <ns1:AttributeNames>effort</ns1:AttributeNames> <ns1:AttributeNames>hopeless</ns1:AttributeNames> <ns1:AttributeNames>id</ns1:AttributeNames> <ns1:AttributeNames>nervous</ns1:AttributeNames> <ns1:AttributeNames>restless</ns1:AttributeNames> <ns1:AttributeNames>sad</ns1:AttributeNames> <ns1:AttributeNames>worthless</ns1:AttributeNames> </ns1:QueryModifier> </ns1:CQLQuery>
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