What is the NHIS Cancer Control Module?
In the Year 2000 NHIS, the National Cancer Institute funded a Cancer Control Module (CCM) covering the following topics:
Risk Factors
- tobacco use: current and past smoking, "passive smoking," smoking in the workplace, attitudes regarding smoking, and use of smokeless tobacco,
- diet: intake of fat, fruits, vegetables, legumes,
- alcohol consumption,
- drug use, such as birth control pills or estrogen replacement therapy,
- family history of cancer,
- genetic testing,
- sun avoidance behavior
Cancer Screening
- frequency of breast examination by a physician, mammogram, breast self-exam, Pap smear, blood stool test, proctoscopic exam, and
prostate specific antigen,
- location of examination,
- frequency of genetic testing for cancer risk,
- accessibility of medical facility or physician for screening (core),
- type of medical insurance (core)
The 2000 NHIS CCM is a public use data set. Provisional data are available on
the NCHS National Health Interview Survey Web site.
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