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    • Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS)

    Metadata Updated: March 22, 2026

    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.

    Access & Use Information

    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 March 22, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Healthdata.gov

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date March 22, 2026
    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 2023-07-25
    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 df44e16d-5bc1-42ca-a1c3-203620329249
    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 4143ceea99cf26c877a1ebd82f24de19bc9fb2d2d1eae2036d955825d019081e
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Temporal 2003-10-02T00:00:00-04:00/2003-10-02T00:00:00-04:00

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