HINTS

Breast Cancer - [Top]
[BC-1]	How likely do you think it is that you will develop breast cancer in the future?
[BC-2]	Compared to the average woman your age, would you say that you are more likely to get breast cancer, less likely, or about as likely?
[BC-3]	How often do you worry about getting breast cancer?
[BC-4]	A mammogram is an x-ray of each breast to look for breast cancer. During the past 12 months, did a doctor, nurse, or other health professional advise you to get a mammogram?
[BC-5]	Have you ever had a mammogram?
[BC-6]	When did you have your most recent mammogram to check for breast cancer?
[BC-8]	How long before your most recent mammogram was the last one?
[BC-9]	Is there any particular reason why you haven't had a mammogram?
[BC-10]	Have you thought about getting amammogram?
[BC-11]	Would you say that you plan to get one, you don't plan to get one, or you're undecided?
[BC-12]	When do you expect to have your next mammogram?
[BC-13]	At what age are women supposed to start having mammograms?
[BC-14]	In general, once women start having mammograms, about how often should they have them?
Cancer Communication - [Top]
[CH-1]	Have you ever been told by a doctor that you had cancer?
[CH-2]	What type of cancer was it, or in what part of the body did the cancer start?
[CH-3]	At what age or in what year were you first told that you had cancer?
[CH-4]	Have any of your brothers, sisters, parents, children, or other close family members ever had cancer?
Cancer Representations - [Top]
[CK-4]	Can you think of any thing people can do to reduce their chances of getting cancer? Anything else?
[CK-14a]	Would you say you strongly agree, somewhat agree, somewhat disagree, strongly disagree with the following statements or do you have no opinion: It seems like almost everything causes cancer.
[CK-14b]	...There's not much people can do to lower their chances of getting cancer.
[CK-14c]	...There are so many recommendations about preventing cancer, it's hard to know which ones to follow.
Colon Cancer - [Top]
[CC-1]	How likely do you think it is that you will develop colon cancer in the future?
[CC-2]	Compared to the average {man/woman} your age, would you say that you are more likely to get colon cancer, less likely, or about as likely?
[CC-3]	How often do you worry about getting colon cancer? Would you say rarely or never, sometimes, often, or all the time?
[CC-4]	Can you think of any tests that detect colon cancer? Anything else?
[CC-4A]	Have you ever heard of a fecal occult or stool blood test?
[CC-5]	During the past 12 months, did a doctor, nurse, or other health professional advise you to do a stool blood test using a home test kit?
[CC-6]	Have you ever done a stool blood test using a home test kit?
[CC-7]	When did you do your most recent stool blood test using a home kit to check for colon cancer?
[CC-9]	How long before your most recent stool test was your last one?
[CC-10]	Is there any particular reason why you haven't done a home stool blood test yet?
[CC-11]	Have you thought about doing {a/another} home stool blood test?
[CC-12]	Would you say that you plan to do one, you don't plan to do one, or you're undecided?
[CC-13]	When do you expect to do your next home stool blood test?
[CC-14]	At what age are people supposed to start doing home stool blood tests?
[CC-15]	In general, once people start doing home blood stool tests, about how often should they do them?
[CC-15A]	Have you ever heard of a sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy?
[CC-16a]	Have you ever had a sigmoidoscopy?
[CC-16b]	Have you ever had a colonoscopy?
[CC-17a]	Did a doctor, nurse, or other health professional ever advise you to get a sigmoidoscopy?
[CC-17b]	Did a doctor, nurse, or other health professional ever advise you to get a colonoscopy?
[CC-18]	When did you have your most recent {sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy} to check for colon cancer?
[CC-19]	How long before your most recent {sigmoidoscopy/colonoscopy} was your last one?
[CC-20]	Is there any particular reason why you haven't gotten a {sigmoidoscopy/(or) colonoscopy} yet?
[CC-21]	Have you thought about getting {a/another} {sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy?}
[CC-22]	Would you say that you plan to get one, you don't plan to get one, or you're undecided?
[CC-23]	When do you expect to have {your next/a} {sigmoidoscopy/colonoscopy}?
[CC-24]	At what age are people supposed to start having sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy exams?
[CC-25]	In general, once people start having sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy exams, about how often should they have them?
[CC-26a]	Would you say you strongly agree, somewhat agree, somewhat disagree, strongly disagree, or do you have no opinion with the following statements: Arranging to get checked for colon cancer would be easy for you.
[CC-26b]	...You are afraid of finding colon cancer if you were checked.
[CC-26c]	...Getting checked regularly for colon cancer increases the chances of finding cancer when it's easy to treat.
[CC-26d]	...Getting checked for colon cancer is too expensive.
[CC-27]	When would you say the risk of colon cancer is the highest, when you're under 40 years old, between 40 and 60 years old, or over 60 years old?
Cervical Cancer - [Top]
[CV-1]	A Pap smear is a test for cancer of the cervix. Have you ever had a Pap smear?
[CV-2]	When did you have your most recent Pap smear to check for cervical cancer?
[CV-4]	How long before your most recent Pap smear was the last one?
[CV-5]	Have you had a hysterectomy?
[CV-6]	When do you expect to have your next Pap smear?
Demographics - [Top]
[DM-1]	Are you currently employed for wages, self-employed, out of work for more than one year, out of work for less than one year, a homemaker, a student, retired, or unable to work?
[DM-2]	Are you married, divorced, widowed, separated, never been married, or a member of an unmarried couple?
[DM-3]	Are there any children in your household under the age 18?
[DM-4]	Are you Hispanic or Latino?
[DM-5]	Which one or more of the following would you say is your race? Are you American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African American, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, or White?
[DM-5t]	Race/ethnicity
[DM-6]	What is the highest grade or year of school you completed?
[DM-6t]	What is the highest level of school you completed?
[DM-7a]	Is your annual household income from all sources less than $25,000?
[DM-7b]	Is your annual household income from all sources less than $20,000?
[DM-7c]	Is your annual household income from all sources less than $15,000?
[DM-7d]	Is your annual household income from all sources less than $10,000?
[DM-7e]	Is your annual household income from all sources less than $35,000?
[DM-7f]	Is your annual household income from all sources less than $50,000 ($35,000 to less than $50,000)?
[DM-7g]	Is your annual household income from all sources less than $75,000 ($50,000 to less than $75,000)?
[DM-7h]	Is your annual household income from all sources $75,000 or more?
[DM-7ta]	What is your {combined} annual household income? (Grouped A)
[DM-7tb]	What is your {combined} annual household income? (Grouped B)
Energy Balance - [Top]
[EX-3]	Can exercise help to lower the chances of getting some types of cancer or does exercise not make much difference?
[HW-1]	About how tall are you without shoes?
[HW-2]	About how much do you weigh without shoes?
[HW-1]	About how tall are you without shoes?
[HW-2]	About how much do you weigh without shoes?
Group Assignment - [Top]
[HE-12]	What is your age?
[HE-13]	Are you less than 18 years old, between 18 and 34, 35 to 39, 40 to 44 or 45 or older?
[HE-14]	Are you male or female?
Health Communication - [Top]
[HC-3]	During the past 12 months, not counting times you went to an emergency room, how many times did you go to a doctor or other health care professional to get care for yourself?
[HC-6a]	On a typical weekday, about how many hours do you watch television?
[HC-6b]	On a typical weekday, about how many hours do you listen to the radio?
[HC-7a]	In the past seven days, how many days did you read a newspaper?
[HC-9]	Have you ever looked for information about cancer from any source?
[HC-10]	Excluding your doctor or other health care provider, has someone else ever looked for information about cancer for you?
[HC-11]	Who was that?
[HC-12]	About how long ago was that?
[HC-13]	The most recent time you looked for information on cancer, where did you look first?
[HC-14]	What type of information were you looking for in your most recent search?
[HC-15]	Imagine that you had a strong need to get information about cancer. Where would you go first?
[HC-15A]	Overall, how confident are you that you could get advice or information about cancer if you needed it?
[HC-16a]	People get information about cancer, including how to prevent it and find it early, from many sources. I am going to read you a list of information sources. For each one, please tell me whether you might like to get information about cancer that way, assuming it was free. How about by email or the internet?
[HC-16a1]	Is there an internet site you especially like?
[HC-16a2]	Specify which internet site you especially like as a source of information about cancer
[HC-16b]	Please tell me whether you might like to get information about cancer by watching a video cassette?
[HC-16c]	...by listening to an audio cassette?
[HC-16d]	...by reading materials created for you based on your personal lifestyle and family history?
[HC-16e]	...by using an interactive computer CD-ROM that lets you select information you want?
[HC-16f]	...by receiving a telephone call from a health care professional who could talk with you and answer your questions?
[HC-16g]	...by meeting in person with a health care professional?
[HC-18a]	How much would you trust the information about cancer from a doctor or other health professional?
[HC-18b]	...family or friends?
[HC-18c]	...newspapers?
[HC-18d]	...magazines?
[HC-18e]	...the radio?
[HC-18f]	...the Internet?
[HC-18g]	...television?
[HC-19b]	... It took a lot of effort to get the information you needed.
[HC-19e]	...You felt frustrated during your search for information.
[HC-19g]	...You were concerned about the quality of the information.
[HC-19j]	...The information you found was too hard to understand.
[HC-20]	Do you ever go on-line to access the Internet or World Wide Web or to send and receive e-mail?
[HC-23]	When you use the Internet at home, do you mainly access it through a telephone modem, a cable or satellite modem, a DSL modem, a wireless device, or some other way?
[HC-24a]	In the past 12 months, did you use the Internet, whether from home or somewhere else to look for health or medical information for yourself?
[HC-24b]	In the past 12 months, did you use the Internet, whether from home or somewhere else to look for health or medical information for someone else?
[HC-26a]	In the past 12 months, have you done the following things while using the Internet? Bought medicine or vitamins on-line.
[HC-26b]	...Participated in an on-line support group for people with a similar health or medical issue?
[HC-26c]	...Used e-mail or the Internet to communicate with a doctor or a doctor's office?
[HC-26g]	...Done anything else health-related on the Internet?
[HC-29]	Have you ever visited an Internet web site to learn specifically about cancer?
[HC-31]	Overall, how useful was the cancer-related information you got from the Internet?
[HC-34c]	...the Cancer Information Service?
[HC-34d]	...the National Cancer Institute?
[HC-34e]	...the 1-800-4-Cancer information number?
[HC-34f]	...United States Center for Cancer Prevention Research?
Health Status - [Top]
[HS-1]	In general, would you say your health is excellent, very good, good, fair, or poor?
[HS-2a]	During the past 30 days, how often did you feel so sad that nothing could cheer you up?
[HS-2b]	During the past 30 days, how often did you feel nervous?
[HS-2c]	During the past 30 days, how often did you feel restless or fidgety?
[HS-2d]	During the past 30 days, how often did you feel hopeless?
[HS-2e]	During the past 30 days, how often did you feel that everything was an effort?
[HS-2f]	During the past 30 days, how often did you feel worthless?
[HS-3]	We just talked about a number of feelings you had during the past 30 days. Altogether, how much did these feelings interfere with your life or activities?
[HS-5]	Do you have any kind of health care coverage, including health insurance, prepaid plans such as HMOs, or government plans such as Medicare?
Prostate Cancer - [Top]
[PC-1]	How likely do you think it is that you will develop prostate cancer in the future?
[PC-2]	Compared to the average man your age, would you say that you are more likely to get prostate cancer, less likely, or about as likely?
[PC-3]	How often do you worry about getting prostate cancer?
[PC-3A]	Have you ever heard of a PSA or prostate-specific antigen test?
[PC-4]	During the past 12 months, did a doctor, nurse, or other health professional advise you to get a PSA test?
[PC-5]	Have you ever had a PSA test?
[PC-6]	When did you have your most recent PSA test to check for prostate cancer?
[PC-7]	How long before your most recent PSA test was the last one?
Risk Perceptions - [Top]
[CC-1]	How likely do you think it is that you will develop colon cancer in the future?
[CC-2]	Compared to the average {man/woman} your age, would you say that you are more likely to get colon cancer, less likely, or about as likely?
[CC-3]	How often do you worry about getting colon cancer? Would you say rarely or never, sometimes, often, or all the time?
Social Networks - [Top]
Skin Protection - [Top]
Tobacco Use - [Top]
[TU-1]	Have you smoked at least 100 cigarettes in your entire life?
[TU-2]	Do you now smoke cigarettes every day, some days, or not at all?
[TU-3]	On the average, how many cigarettes do you now smoke a day?
[TU-4]	On the average, when you smoked during the past 30 days, about how many cigarettes did you smoke a day?
[TU-5]	Would you say that you plan to quit smoking, you don't plan to quit, or you're undecided?
[TU-6]	About how long has it been since you last smoked cigarettes?
[TU-7]	On the average, when you smoked, about how many cigarettes did you smoke a day?
[TU-9a]	Would you say you strongly agree, somewhat agree, somewhat disagree, strongly disagree or you have no opinion with the statement: Exercise can undo most of the effects of smoking.
[TU-9b]	...Vitamins can undo most of the effects of smoking.
[TU-9c]	...There's no risk of getting cancer if someone only smokes a few years.
[TU-9d]	...Whether a person gets lung cancer depends more on genes than anything else.
[TU-10]	What type of cigarette do you now smoke most often -- a regular, light, ultra light or some other type?
[TU-11]	Is the main reason you now smoke this type of cigarette because it is a way to reduce the health risks of smoking, to try to quit smoking, because of the taste, or for some other reason?
[TU-12]	If a new cigarette was advertised as less harmful than current cigarettes, how interested would you be in trying it?
[TU-13]	Tobacco companies have recently introduced new types of cigarettes that are claimed to have fewer harmful chemicals or carcinogens. These have names like Eclipse, Accord, Advance, and Omni. Have you ever tried one of these products?
[TU-14]	Tobacco companies have also recently introduced new types of smokeless tobacco products. These have names like Arriva, Exalt, and Revel. Have you ever tried one of these products?
[TU-15]	How likely do you think it is that the average {male/female} cigarette smoker will develop lung cancer in the future?
[TU-16]	How likely do you think it is that you will develop lung cancer in the future?
[TU-17]	Overall, how many people who develop lung cancer do you think are cured?
[TU-18]	Would you say the average smoker has about the same lung cancer risk as a non-smoker, a little higher lung cancer risk than a non-smoker, twice the non-smoker's risk, 5 times the non-smoker's risk or 10 or more times the non-smoker's risk?
[TU-19]	Would you say you have about the same lung cancer risk as a non-smoker, a little higher lung cancer risk than a non-smoker, twice the non-smoker's risk, 5 times the non-smoker's risk, or 10 or more times the non-smoker's risk?

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Breast Cancer - [Top]

Cancer Communication - [Top]

Cancer Representations - [Top]

Colon Cancer - [Top]

Cervical Cancer - [Top]

Demographics - [Top]

Energy Balance - [Top]

Group Assignment - [Top]

Health Communication - [Top]

Health Status - [Top]

Prostate Cancer - [Top]

Risk Perceptions - [Top]

Social Networks - [Top]

Skin Protection - [Top]

Tobacco Use - [Top]