Child—abuse and neglect type, code N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Child abuse and neglect type |
| METEOR identifier: | 270166 |
| Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Standard 01/03/2005 |
| Definition: | The type of physical, sexual or emotional actions or inactions which have resulted in, or are likely to result in, significant harm or injury to a child, or risk of significant harm or injury to a child, as represented by a code. |
Data element concept attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
| Data element concept: | Child—abuse and neglect type |
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| METEOR identifier: | 269627 |
| Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Standard 01/03/2005 |
| Definition: | The type of physical, sexual or emotional actions or inactions which have resulted in, or are likely to result in, significant harm or injury to a child, or risk of significant harm or injury to a child. |
| Context: | There are considerable variations across States and Territories in the recording of type of abuse and neglect, reflecting each jurisdiction's own definitions, legislation, policies and practices relating to child protection and child welfare. |
| Object class: | Child |
| Property: | Abuse and neglect type |
Value domain attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
| Value domain: | Abuse and neglect type code N |
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| METEOR identifier: | 270742 |
| Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Standard 01/03/2005 |
| Definition: | A code set representing types of abuse and neglect. |
Representational attributes | ||
| Representation class: | Code | |
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| Data type: | Number | |
| Format: | N | |
| Maximum character length: | 1 | |
| Value | Meaning | |
| Permissible values: | 1 | Physical abuse |
| 2 | Emotional abuse | |
| 3 | Sexual abuse | |
| 4 | Neglect | |
| 5 | Other | |
| Supplementary values: | 9 | Not stated/ inadequately described |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Guide for use: | These categories may be used in different ways by different jurisdictions, depending on the state or territories own definitions, policies and practices. In addition, a child subject to abuse and neglect is often subject to more than one type of abuse and neglect (for example, sexual abuse is often also associated with emotional abuse). |
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| Comments: | The National Child Protection and Support Services Working Group, is undertaking considerable work to improve the comparability of child protection data. This work will impact upon the definitions and data collections in the child protection area. |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| Reference documents: | Child protection, Australia, 1997–98 (AIHW) Comparability of Child Protection Data 1999 (AIHW) Children Protection Australia: data collection standards, tables, & counting rules 1998–1999 (AIHW) |
Relational attributes | |
| Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Child—other type of abuse or neglect, code N[N] Children and Families, Superseded 11/05/2023 Community Services (retired), Recorded 19/08/2011 Has been superseded by Child—primary type of abuse or neglect, code N[N] Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 Community Services (retired), Recorded 19/08/2011 Is re-engineered from Child abuse and neglect type, version 2, DE, NCSDD, NCSIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (15.3 KB) No registration status |
| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Child protection and support services (CPSS) - notifications, investigations, and substantiations NMDS (July 2007) Community Services (retired), Superseded 01/05/2008 Child protection and support services (CPSS) - notifications, investigations, and substantiations NMDS pilot (2008) Community Services (retired), Retired 06/02/2012 |