2018 National Survey of Health Attitudes: Description and Top-Line Summary Data

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Factors Related to Health Civic Engagement: Results from the 2018 National Survey of Health Attitudes to Understand Progress towards a Culture of Health

“…The survey was initially fielded in 2015, and an updated version was fielded in 2018. The later version serves as the focus of this study with more detail provided elsewhere (32,33). Both versions were administered online and survey data for 2018 was collected from 7,187 respondents via the RAND American Life Panel (ALP) and the Ipsos KnowledgePanel.…”

Factors Related to Health Civic Engagement: Results from the 2018 National Survey of Health Attitudes to Understand Progress towards a Culture of Health

“…The survey was initially fielded in 2015, and an updated version was fielded in 2018. The later version serves as the focus of this study with more detail provided elsewhere (32,33). Both versions were administered online and survey data for 2018 was collected from 7,187 respondents via the RAND American Life Panel (ALP) and the Ipsos KnowledgePanel Health civic engagement was measured by a set of questions that asked about activities in which individuals are involved that might influence government and civil society actions about health, including two questions about voting for a candidate based on his/her position, and questions about contribution of time or money to organizations working to pass health laws or policies, lobbying for a health-related causes, and attending meetings or working with neighbors to fix community problems (Table 1).…”

Factors Related to Health Civic Engagement: Results from the 2018 National Survey of Health Attitudes to Understand Progress towards a Culture of Health

“…The survey was initially fielded in 2015, and an updated version was fielded in 2018. The later version serves as the focus of this study with more detail provided elsewhere (32,33). Both versions were administered online and survey data for 2018 was collected from 7,187 respondents via the RAND American Life Panel ( Health civic engagement was measured by a set of questions that asked about activities in which individuals are involved that might influence government and civil society actions about health, including two questions about voting for a candidate based on his/her position, and questions about contribution of time or money to organizations working to pass health laws or policies, lobbying for a health-related causes, and attending meetings or working with neighbors to fix community problems (Table 1).…”