Prison dischargee–needle and syringe exchange program access prior to imprisonment indicator, prisoner health yes/no/unknown code N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Needle and syringe exchange program access |
METEOR identifier: | 624798 |
Registration status: | Health!, Standard 28/04/2016 |
Definition: | An indicator of whether a prison dischargee had access to a needle and syringe exchange program prior to the most recent imprisonment, as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept: | Prison dischargee–needle and syringe exchange program access prior to imprisonment indicator |
Value Domain: | Prisoner health yes/no/unknown code N |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Code | |
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Data type: | Number | |
Format: | N | |
Maximum character length: | 1 | |
Value | Meaning | |
Permissible values: | 1 | Yes |
2 | No | |
Supplementary values: | 9 | Unknown |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | For use in Prisoner health data collections. If this value domain is used with other metadata then 'Unknown' would map to code 8. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | Needle and syringe programs refer to programs which provide safe injecting equipment (including needle and syringes, swabs, vials of sterile water and sharps bins), education and information on reducing drug use and referrals to drug treatment. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Prison dischargee—needle and syringe exchange program access prior to imprisonment indicator, yes/no code N Health!, Superseded 28/04/2016 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Prison dischargee NBEDS Health!, Standard 28/04/2016 DSS specific information: For the most recent imprisonment. This data element is included in the Prisoner health NBEDS as the National Prisoner Health Indicators include the indicator: Proportion of prison dischargees who accessed a needle and syringe exchange program in the community.
Prison dischargee NBEDS Health!, Recorded 31/05/2018 DSS specific information: For the most recent imprisonment. This data element is included in the Prisoner health NBEDS as the National Prisoner Health Indicators include the indicator: Proportion of prison dischargees who accessed a needle and syringe exchange program in the community. |