Person—reason for seeking assistance, homelessness code N[N]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Reason for seeking assistance (homelessness) |
Synonymous names: | Presenting reason |
METEOR identifier: | 398625 |
Registration status: | Homelessness, Superseded 01/05/2013 Housing assistance, Superseded 01/05/2013 |
Definition: | The reason(s) why a person presented to a specialist homelessness agency in order to seek assistance, as represented by a code. |
Data element concept attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Data element concept: | Person—reason for seeking assistance |
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METEOR identifier: | 337017 |
Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Standard 15/09/2007 Homelessness, Standard 23/08/2010 Housing assistance, Standard 23/08/2010 |
Definition: | The reason why a person seeks assistance. |
Object class: | Person |
Property: | Reason for seeking assistance |
Value domain attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Value domain: | Reasons for seeking assistance homelessness code N[N] |
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METEOR identifier: | 398450 |
Registration status: | Homelessness, Standard 08/04/2011 Housing assistance, Standard 23/08/2010 |
Definition: | A code set representing the reasons for presenting to a specialist homelessness agency in order to seek assistance. |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | This data element is intended to focus on the reason(s) the person presented to the agency as opposed to the underlying reasons or causes that may have built up over a lifetime. There may be more than one reason why a person seeks assistance. This data element may be used to collect the main presenting reason or all presenting reasons. If this data element is used to collect both , the main reason should be collected second, that is after 'all' reasons have been ascertained. If a person does not nominate a list category record their response as 'Other' and record the description. |
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Collection methods: | The permissible values for this data element are used to form the response categories to the question(s): 'Which reason(s) listed, best describes why you are seeking assistance?' and 'Of the reasons you have identified as why you are seeking assistance, which one, do you consider, to be the main reason?' |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Person—reason for seeking assistance, SAAP code N[NN] Community Services (retired), Superseded 23/08/2010 Has been superseded by Person—reason for seeking assistance, homelessness code N[N] Homelessness, Standard 24/11/2016 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2011 Homelessness, Superseded 01/05/2013 Housing assistance, Superseded 01/05/2013 Implementation start date: 01/07/2011 DSS specific information: In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this data element is collected twice (for the client):
In both cases the reasons are those nominated by the client. Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2012-13 Homelessness, Superseded 01/05/2013 Housing assistance, Superseded 01/05/2013 Implementation start date: 01/07/2012 Implementation end date: 30/06/2013 DSS specific information: In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this data element is collected twice (for the client):
In both cases the reasons are those nominated by the client. Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2013-14 Homelessness, Superseded 26/08/2014 Housing assistance, Superseded 26/08/2014 Implementation start date: 01/07/2013 Implementation end date: 30/06/2014 Conditional obligation: In the SHS NMDS, this item is only asked of clients. DSS specific information: In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this data element is collected at the date of presentation. This data element is collected twice (for the client):
In both cases the reasons are those nominated by the client. This question allows the client to check all responses that apply for all the presenting reasons for seeking assistance (up to 26 valid responses). The client should also select one main reason for seeking assistance. Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2014-15 Homelessness, Superseded 24/11/2016 Housing assistance, Superseded 24/11/2016 Implementation start date: 01/07/2014 Implementation end date: 30/06/2015 Conditional obligation: In the SHS NMDS, this item is only asked of clients. DSS specific information: In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this data element is collected at the date of presentation. This data element is collected twice (for the client):
In both cases the reasons are those nominated by the client. This question allows the client to check all responses that apply for all the presenting reasons for seeking assistance (up to 26 valid responses). The client should also select one main reason for seeking assistance. Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2015-17 Homelessness, Superseded 24/11/2016 Implementation start date: 01/07/2015 Implementation end date: 30/06/2017 Conditional obligation: In the SHS NMDS, this item is only asked of clients. DSS specific information: In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this data element is collected at the date of presentation. This data element is collected twice (for the client):
In both cases the reasons are those nominated by the client. This question allows the client to check all responses that apply for all the presenting reasons for seeking assistance (up to 26 valid responses). The client should also select one main reason for seeking assistance. |