Survey - Public Health Newswire - American Public Health Association

*1.

How did you first hear about APHA's Public Health Newswire?

(Select one of the available choices or enter a different value.)
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*2.

Question - Required - How often do you read or interact with APHA's Public Health Newswire? More than once a day
Once a day
2-3 times per week
Once a week
Less than once a week

*3.

Question - Required - What is your preferred way to receive updates from APHA's Public Health Newswire? Email
RSS
Twitter

*4.

Question - Required - Do you read the daily public health headlines? Yes
No
Sometimes

*5.

Question - Required - Which types of stories are you most interested in?
Please make up to 3 selections from the choices below.

	Breaking news
	General public health news
	Interviews with public health experts
	Stories on what APHA members are doing in the field
	Research findings
	Advocacy updates

*6.

Question - Required - Do you prefer...? Local/state news
National news
International news
All of the above

*7.

Question - Required - Why do you read APHA's Public Health Newswire?
Please make up to 2 selections from the choices below.

	For personal health information/how to stay healthy
	To stay informed on public health topics
	To join/follow conversations about public health topics
	To gather information for use in my job
	To network with other public health professionals
	To gather content for use in communications materials that I produce
	To search for a job/advance my career
	Other

*8.

Question - Required - Which of the following best describes the information you get from APHA's Public Health Newswire?
Please make up to 3 selections from the choices below.

	Exclusive
	Timely
	Interesting
	Credible
	Useful
	Boring
	Too broad
	Irrelevant
	Repetitive

*9.

What features would you like to see added to the site?

(Select one of the available choices or enter a different value.)
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*10.

Question - Required - How would you rate APHA's Public Health Newswire? Very good
Good
Somewhat good
Somewhat poor
Poor
Very Poor
No Opinion

*11.

Question - Required - What do you like the most about APHA's Public Health Newswire?

12.

Question - Not Required - What can we do to make this site more valuable?

*13.

Question - Required - Do you currently follow other public health-focused blogs? Yes
No

*14.

Question - Required - How effective are these other blogs at generating the information and other benefits you need? Very effective
Effective
Somewhat effective
Somewhat ineffective
Ineffective
Very Ineffective
No opinion

*15.

Question - Required - Do you currently contribute to these blogs? Yes, contribute articles for posting
No, just read and/or comment on articles

*16.

Question - Required - How familiar are you with the American Public Health Association, also known as APHA? Very familiar
Familiar
Somewhat familiar
Somewhat unfamiliar
Unfamiliar
Very unfamiliar

*17.

Question - Required - How often do you visit the APHA website? Never
Less than once a month
Once a month
2-3 times a month
4-5 times a month
6+ times a month

*18.

Question - Required - How effective is the APHA website in generating the information and other benefits you need? Very effective
Effective
Somewhat effective
Somewhat ineffective
Ineffective
Very ineffective
No opinion

*19.

Question - Required - Have you ever been a member of APHA? Yes - currently an active member
Yes - but my membership has expired
No, I have never been a member

*20.

Question - Required - What is your overall attitude toward APHA? Very favorable
Favorable
Somewhat favorable
Somewhat unfavorable
Unfavorable
Very unfavorable
No opinion

*21.

Question - Required - Considering everything you know about the organization, how likely are you to join APHA? Very likely to join
Likely to join
Somewhat likely to join
Somewhat unlikely to join
Unlikely to join
Very unlikely to join
No opinion
Already a member

*22.

Question - Required - Now, just for classification purposes, what is your current age? 21 and under
22-30
31-40
41-50
51-65
66 and over
Prefer not to answer

*23.

Question - Required - What is your highest formal academic degree?

(Maximum response 255 chars, approx. 5 rows of text)

*24.

Question - Required - Are you... Male
Female
Prefer not to answer

*25.

Question - Required - How would you describe your ethnicity? American-Indian/Alaska Native
Asian/Pacific Islander
Black/African American
Hispanic/Latino
White
Other
Prefer not to answer

*26.

Question - Required - What is the best description of your place of work and/or study Association
Federal department or agency
HMO or managed care organization
Hospital/nursing home/hospice
Laboratory/clinic or health center
Manufacturing/pharmaceutical
Private medical practice
Research/policy/education organization or institute
Self employed
State, local or tribal health department
University or academic institution (work)
University or academic institution (student)
Other

*27.

Question - Required - Which of the following best describes the primary focus of your work? Academic
Administration
Communications/Journalism/New Media
Consulting
Health education
International/global health
Marketing
Patient care/direct health care services
Policy/program development
Public Health practice
Research and development
Other

*28.

Question - Required - For how many years have you been working in or studying public health?