| Literature DB >> 23020763 |
Lila J Finney Rutten1, Terisa Davis, Ellen Burke Beckjord, Kelly Blake, Richard P Moser, Bradford W Hesse.
Abstract
Health communication and health information technology influence the ways in which health care professionals and the public seek, use, and comprehend health information. The Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS) program was developed to assess the effect of health communication and health information technology on health-related attitudes, knowledge, and behavior. HINTS has fielded 3 national data collections with the fourth (HINTS 4) currently underway. Throughout this time, the Journal of Health Communication has been a dedicated partner in disseminating research based on HINTS data. Thus, the authors thought it the perfect venue to provide an historical overview of the HINTS program and to introduce the most recent HINTS data collection effort. This commentary describes the rationale for and structure of HINTS 4, summarizes the methodological approach applied in Cycle 1 of HINTS 4, describes the timeline for the HINTS 4 data collection, and identifies priorities for research using HINTS 4 data.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 23020763 PMCID: PMC4151263 DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2012.700998
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Health Commun ISSN: 1081-0730