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Robin C. Vanderpool, DrPH, CHESSenior Research Coordinator
NCI’s Cancer Information Service – Mid South RegionTN CCC Summit 2009
Experts Recommend National Surveillance Program
• Changes in health information environment• Usage across channels and sources nationally• Combine channel usage with knowledge, attitudes,
behaviors• Build an evidence base for planners, administrators,
communicators, practitioners, and policy makers
Cancer Risk Communication: What We Know and What We Need to Learn- NCI Monograph, No. 25, 1999.
Purpose of HINTS
Extraordinary Opportunity
• Knowledge, Attitudes, Behavior
• Investments in Cancer Communication
• New Communication Environment
Why HINTS
• Computer-Assisted Telephone Interview
• Random Digit Dial (RDD)– Supplemented with web-based (2005) and mail (2007)
versions to help increase response rates
• National probability sample of general adult population (18+)
• Conducted in both English and Spanish
• Repeated cyclically to track trends
Survey Methods
http://hints.cancer.gov/
Instruments (2003, 2005, 2007)
En Español
Download Data
HINTS 1Database
SAS,SPSS
HINTS 2Database
SAS,SPSS
HINTS 3Database
SAS,SPSS
Technical Specifications
Sampling PlanFull InstrumentFinal ReportWeighting Instructions
Review & Contribute to Research
Published Research
HINTS Web Site35+ Publications50+ Posters25+ Presentations
HINTS Professional Conferences
January 20-21, 2005 St. Pete’s Beach, Florida(Richard Moser, Organizer)
May 4-5, 2007Pasadena, California(Lila Rutten, Organizer)
September 24-25, 2009Silver Spring, MDwww.hintsmeeting.com
- HINTS 2003
- Media Use
- Information Seeking
- Risk Perceptions
- Cancer Knowledge
- Patient-Provider Communication
Editors: Bradford Hesse, Richard Moser, Lila Rutten, Gary Kreps
Research From the Baseline
HINTS Questions
Review Data Online
Review Data Online
Review Data Online
• Brief 1: Information Seeking• Brief 2: Lifestyle & Behavior• Brief 3: Screening Awareness• Brief 4: Physical Activity• Brief 5: HPV• Brief 6: Sun Safety• Brief 7: Progress in Communication• Brief 8: Providers and the Internet• Brief 9: Public Confusion• Brief 10: Cancer Survivors• Brief 11: Tobacco Related Knowledge• Brief 12: Hispanics’ Information Cancer Seeking Experiences
HINTS Briefs
HINTS 2003 and 2005 Data Report
Rutten LF, Moser RP, Beckjord EB, Hesse BW, Croyle RT. (2007) Cancer Communication: Health Information National Trends Survey. Washington, D.C.: National Cancer Institute.
Map 1 Regional Estimates of Internet Use for Health Information (2003
Map 2 Regional Estimates of Internet Use for Health Information (2005)
Regional Estimates
Map 3 Knowledge of Age at Which to Begin Mammogram (2003)
Map 4 Knowledge of Mammography Screening Frequency (2003)
Regional Estimates
Map 8 Regional Estimates of Awareness of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) (2005)
Map 10 Regional Estimates of Knowledge of Smoking-Cancer Link (2003)
