1996 State of Hawaii Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

Health Status
Would you say that in general your health is?
Percent of adults reporting that physical or mental health not good during the past 30 days
Percent of physical and/or mental health not good during the past 30 days
Mean physically unhealthy days in past 30 days
Mean mentally unhealthy days in past 30 days
Mean unhealthy days during the past 30 days
Mean activity limitation days in past 30 days

Health Care Access
Do you have any kind of health care coverage?
What type of health care coverage do you use to pay for your medical care?
Was there a time during the last 12 months when you needed to see a doctor but could not because of the cost?
How long has it been since you last visited a doctor for a routine checkup?

Diabetes
Have you ever been told by a doctor that you have diabetes?

Tobacco Use
How about your cigarette smoking status?
On the average, about how many cigarettes did you smoke a day?
During the past 12 months, have you quit smoking for 1 day or longer?
About how long has it been since you last smoked cigarettes regularly, that is, daily?

Preventive Health
What do you think is the leading cause of death in Hawaii?

Physical Activity
What is your physical activity level?
Regular and sustained physical activity?
What type of physical activity or exercise did you spend the most time doing during the past month?

Fruit and Vegetables
Summary index of fruits and vegetables consumption?
Mean numbers of daily servings of fruits and vegetables?

Weight Control
Weight status based on new BMI definition?
Weight status based on old BMI definition?
Are you now trying to lose weight?
Are you now trying to maintain your current weight, that is to keep from gaining weight?
Are you eating either fewer calories or less fat to lose weight or keep from gaining weight?
Are you using physical activity or exercise to lose weight or keep from gaining weight?
In the past 12 months, has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional given you advice about your weight?

HIV/AIDS
If you had a child in school, at what grade do you think he or she should begin receiving education in school about HIV infection and AIDS?
What are your chances of getting infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS?
If you had a teenager who was sexually active, would you encourage him or her to use a condom?
Have you ever been tested for HIV?
What was the main reason you had your last test for HIV?
Where did you have your last HIV test?
Did you receive the results of your last test?
Did you receive counseling or talk with a health care professional about the results of your tests?
Some people use condoms to keep from getting infected with HIV through sexual activity. How effective do you think a properly used condom is for this purpose?
Due to what you know about HIV, have you changed your sexual behavior in the past 12 months?
Did you decrease the number of your sexual partners or become abstinent?
Do you now have sexual intercourse with only the same partner?
Do you now always use condoms for protection?
In your opinion, should co-workers have the right to refuse to work with someone infected with the HIV virus, the virus that cause AIDS?
In your opinion, should employees be allowed to fire good workers who are infected with the HIV virus, the virus that causes AIDS?
In your judgment, is a person at high risk for becoming infected with the HIV virus if they are cared by a nurse, doctor, dentist, or other health care worker who has the HIV virus?

Women’s Health
Have you ever had a clinical breast exam?
How long has it been since your last breast exam?
Was your last breast exam done as part of a routine checkup, because of a breast problem other than cancer, or because you've already had breast cancer?
A pap smear is a test for cancer of the cervix. Have you ever had a pap smear?
How long has it been since you had your last pap smear?
Was your last pap smear done as part of a routine exam, or to check a current or previous problem, or other reasons?
A mammogram is an x-ray of each breast to look for breast cancer. Have you ever had a mammogram?
How long has it been since you had your last mammogram?
Was your last mammogram done as part of a routine checkup, because of a breast problem other than cancer, or because of cancer?
Have you had a hysterectomy?