Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Source of information indicating mental health issue indicator |
METEOR identifier: | 691990 |
Registration status: | Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018 |
Definition: | An indicator of the availability of an additional source of information whether a person has a mental health issue, as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept: | Person—source of information on a mental health issue |
Value Domain: | Yes/no/not stated/inadequately described code N |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | CODE 9 Not stated/inadequately described This code is not for use in primary data collections. |
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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on a mental health condition indicator, code N Community Services (retired), Standard 19/09/2013 Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018 Housing assistance, Standard 01/05/2013 See also Person—source of information on a mental health issue, code N Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018 |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) DSS specific information: In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this data element is collected at the date of presentation. |