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HINTS Questions Used in this Brief

Brief 2: Cancer Knowledge: Understanding Cancer Risk and Reducing Cancer Risk

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H1 = HINTS 1 (2003)

H2 = HINTS 2 (2005)

H3 = HINTS 3 (2008)

H4Cyc1 = HINTS 4 Cycle 1 (2011)

H4Cyc2 = HINTS 4 Cycle 2 (2012)

H4Cyc3 = HINTS 4 Cycle 3 (2013)

H4Cyc4 = HINTS 4 Cycle 4 (2014)

FDA = HINTS FDA (2015)

FDACyc2 = HINTS FDA Cycle 2 (2017)

H5Cyc1 = HINTS 5 Cycle 1 (2017)

H5Cyc2 = HINTS 5 Cycle 2 (2018)

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Cancer Perceptions and Knowledge
Is there anything about your behavior or your lifestyle that you would like to change to reduce your chances of getting cancer? Anything else?
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How much do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements? There’s not much you can do to lower your chances of getting cancer.
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Avoiding cancer risk information View questions related to this article

Cancer Fatalism, Literacy, and Cancer Information Seeking in the American Public View questions related to this article

Public Awareness of Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Tests: Findings from the 2013 U.S. Health Information National Trends Survey. View questions related to this article

Information-seeking in cancer survivors: application of the Comprehensive Model of Information Seeking to HINTS 2007 data. View questions related to this article

Parental cancer beliefs and trust in health information from medical authorities as predictors of HPV vaccine acceptability. View questions related to this article

Perceptions of cancer controllability and cancer risk knowledge: The moderating role of race, ethnicity, and acculturation. View questions related to this article

Correlates and geographic patterns of knowledge that physical activity decreases cancer risk. View questions related to this article

Cancer perceptions: Implications from the 2007 health information national trends survey. View questions related to this article

Relationships among health perceptions vary depending on stage of readiness for colorectal cancer screening. View questions related to this article

Determinants of consumer-driven healthcare: Self-confidence in information search, health literacy, and trust in information sources. View questions related to this article

Cancer risk perceptions, beliefs, and physician avoidance in Appalachia: results from the 2008 HINTS Survey. View questions related to this article

Intention to quit smoking: Role of personal and family member cancer diagnosis. View questions related to this article

What does the public know about preventing cancer? Results from the Health Information National TrendsSurvey (HINTS). View questions related to this article

Behavioral correlates of HPV vaccine acceptability in the 2007 Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS). View questions related to this article

Nutrition-related cancer prevention cognitions and behavioral intentions: testing the risk perception attitude framework. View questions related to this article

Beliefs about cancer causation and prevention as a function of personal and family history of cancer: A national, population-based study. View questions related to this article

Frustrated and Confused: The American Public Rates its Cancer-Related Information-Seeking Experiences. View questions related to this article

Risk perceptions and worry about cancer: does gender make a difference? View questions related to this article

Fatalistic beliefs about cancer prevention and three prevention behaviors. View questions related to this article

Are there gender differences in colorectal cancer test use prevalence and correlates? View questions related to this article

Perceived ambiguity about cancer prevention recommendations: relationship to perceptions of cancer preventability, risk, and worry. View questions related to this article

Predictors of perceived risk for colon cancer in a national probability sample in the United States. View questions related to this article

Cancer information scanning and seeking behavior is associated with knowledge, lifestyle choices, and screening. View questions related to this article



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Which type of cancer do you think will cause the most deaths in {women/men} this year in the U.S.?
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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?
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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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Can you think of any thing people can do to reduce their chances of getting cancer?
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Lung Cancer
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?
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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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Risk Perceptions
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?
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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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Can you think of any thing people can do to reduce their chances of getting cancer?
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Tobacco Use
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?
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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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