1999 State of Hawaii Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

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?
Have you visited a doctor for a routine checkup last year?

Hypertension Awareness
Have you ever been told by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional that you have high blood pressure?
Have you been told on more than one occasion that your blood pressure was high, or have you been told this only once?
Have you had blood pressure checked and not told high by health professional within last two years?

Cholesterol Awareness
Have you ever had your blood cholesterol checked?
Have you had your blood cholesterol checked within last 5 years?
Have you ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that your blood cholesterol is high?

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

Oral Health
Have you visited the dentist or a dental clinic for any reason within last year?
Have you had your teeth "cleaned" by a dentist or dental hygienist during last year?
How many of your permanent teeth have been removed because of tooth decay or gum disease?

Skin Cancer
Have you had a sunburn within the past 12 months?
How many sunburns have you had within the past 12 months?

Tobacco Use
How about your cigarette smoking status
Number of cigarettes now smoked per day (for current smoker)?
Quit smoking a day or longer for current smoker in past year
How long since last smoked cigarettes?

Alcohol Consumption
During the past month, have you had at least one drink of any alcoholic beverage?
Have you had 5 or more alcoholic beverage (accurate drinking) in past month on one or more occasions?
Have you had 60 or more alcoholic beverage (chronic drinking) in past month?
Have you had alcoholic beverage and drove after drinking too much one or more times?
How often of your drinking and the number of drinks within last month?

Women’s Health
Have you ever had a clinical breast exam?
Have you had your last breast exam within past year?
Was your last breast exam done as part of a routine checkup, because of a breast problem other than cancer, or because of cancer?
Have you ever had a mammogram?
Have you had your last mammogram within past year?
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 ever had a 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?
Have you had a hysterectomy?

Immunization
During the past 12 months, have you had a flu shot?
Have you ever had a pneumonia vaccination?
Where did you have your flu shot?

Colorectal Cancer Screening
Have you ever had blood stool test?
Have you had your last blood stool test in past year?
Have you ever had a sigmoidoscopy or Colonoscopy exam?
Did you have your last sigmoidoscopy or Colonoscopy exam within past 5 years?

Injury Control
During the past year, how often has the child (5 to 15 years old) not always worn a bicycle helmet when riding a bicycle?
During the past year, how often has the child (5 to 15 years old) worn a bicycle helmet when riding a bicycle?
Do you have a smoke detector in your home?

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?
Have you ever had your blood tested for HIV?
How effective do you think a properly used condom is for preventing HIV infection?
Why did you have your last HIV test?
Where did you have your last HIV test?

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

Weight Status
Is your BMI greater or equal to 30?
Is your BMI greater or equal to 27.3 for female, greater or equal to 27.8 for male
Did you weight more than 120% of ideal weight