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Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS)

Metadata Updated: April 21, 2021

The Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS) is a biennial, cross-sectional survey of a nationally-representative sample of American adults that is used to assess the impact of the health information environment. The survey provides updates on changing patterns, needs, and information opportunities in health; Identifies changing communications 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.

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

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Dates

Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
Metadata Updated Date April 21, 2021

Metadata Source

Harvested from Healthdata.gov

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
Metadata Updated Date April 21, 2021
Publisher National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health & Human Services
Maintainer
Identifier e070c4c9-e4cf-4494-9e0a-40eb5761809e
Data First Published 2012-08-01
Data Last Modified 2021-03-12
Category Health
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 009:00
Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
Metadata Catalog ID https://healthdata.gov/data.json
Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
Data Quality True
Data Dictionary http://hints.cancer.gov/instrument.aspx
Harvest Object Id a90df6a3-4df8-4e4f-a6ec-ff2a9ec91544
Harvest Source Id 651e43b2-321c-4e4c-b86a-835cfc342cb0
Harvest Source Title Healthdata.gov
Homepage URL https://healthdata.gov/dataset/health-information-national-trends-survey-hints
License https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1.0/
Program Code 009:031
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash bb24b47260ad69d318456d2c4b0b55ce2b66d397
Source Schema Version 1.1
Temporal 2003-10-02T00:00:00-04:00/2003-10-02T00:00:00-04:00

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