Person—source of information on a mental health issue, code N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Source of information indicating mental health issue |
METEOR identifier: | 690959 |
Registration status: | Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018 |
Definition: | The source of information available that indicates a person may have a mental health issue, as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept: | Person—source of information on a mental health issue |
Value Domain: | Source of mental health issue information code N |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Collection methods: | The permissible values for this data element are used to form the response categories to the question: "Is there additional information about the client, either formal or informal, that indicates a mental health condition?" |
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Comments: | This data element is based on the PHaMs (Personal Helpers and Mentors Program) screening tool; it is a useful flag for mental health issues where more accurate evidence is not available. |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Person—source of information on a mental health condition, code N Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018 Housing assistance, Standard 23/08/2010 See also Person—source of information on a mental health issue, yes/no/not stated/inadequately described code N Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2019- Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018 Conditional obligation: In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this data element is conditional on the client providing consent to release their personal data to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. The data element Client—consent indicator, yes/no code N must receive a response of Yes (Code 1). It is also conditional on a response of Yes (Code 1) to Person—source of information on a mental health condition, Yes/no/not stated/inadequately described code N. DSS specific information: In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this data element is collected at the date of presentation. This data element is collected from the perspective of the agency worker. The agency worker may answer this question based on their personal observations, or from information volunteered by the client. If the client does not agree to answer the questions which require consent, the agency worker will be unable to report this information. |