Female—cervical screening 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:![]() | Cervical screening indicator |
Synonymous names:![]() | Pap smear indicator |
METEOR identifier:![]() | 631726 |
Registration status:![]() | Health!, Standard 28/04/2016 |
Definition:![]() | An indicator of whether a female person has had a cervical screening, as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept:![]() | Female—cervical screening 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 | |
Comments:![]() | Currently, the screening test for cervical cancer is the Pap test (the terms Pap test and Pap smear are often used interchangeably), which is carried out by a general practitioner, nurse, or gynaecologist. During a Pap test, cells are collected from the surface of the cervix, transferred onto a slide or into a special liquid, and sent to a pathology laboratory for assessment. Details of the woman, the Pap test results, and any follow-up that may be recommended are then stored on a cervical cytology register (AIHW 2009). Early detection and treatment of cervical cancer leads to a reduction of morbidity and mortality due to the disease. It is recommended that women aged 18-69 years, who have ever had sex, have a cervical screening every two years (DoH 2013). |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation:![]() | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Reference documents:![]() | AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) 2009. Cervical screening in Australia 2006–2007. Cancer series no. 47. Cat. no. CAN 43. Canberra: AIHW. DoH (Australian Government Department of Health) 2013. National Cervical Screening Program: The Pap Smear. Canberra: DoH. Viewed 4 November 2014, http://www.health.gov.au/internet/screening/publishing.nsf/ |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references:![]() | Has been superseded by Female—cervical screening indicator, prisoner health yes/no/unknown code N Health!, Recorded 31/05/2018 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:![]() | Prison entrants NBEDS Health!, Standard 28/04/2016 Conditional obligation: This data element is conditional on the respondent being female. DSS specific information: In the Prison entrants NBEDS, this data element refers to females reporting having had a cervical screen within the last two years. This data element is included in the Prisoner health NBEDS as the National Prisoner Health Indicators include the indicator: Proportion of female prison entrants who have had a cervical cancer screening in the last two years. |