Person—needle sharing frequency, prisoner health frequency code N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Needle sharing frequency |
METEOR identifier: | 631151 |
Registration status: | Health!, Standard 28/04/2016 |
Definition: | A descriptor of how often a person uses a needle which has already been used by someone else, as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept: | Person—needle sharing frequency |
Value Domain: | Prisoner health frequency code N |
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: | Injecting drugs refers to a method of introducing a drug into the body with a hollow needle and a syringe which is pierced through the skin into the body. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Person—needle sharing frequency, code N Health!, Superseded 28/04/2016 Has been superseded by Person—needle sharing frequency, prisoner health frequency code N Health!, Qualified 30/05/2018 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Prison dischargee NBEDS Health!, Standard 28/04/2016 Conditional obligation: Conditional on a yes response to Person—injecting drug use indicator, prisoner health yes/no/unknown code N. DSS specific information: During 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 reported using a needle that had been used by someone else while in prison. |