Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Environmental factor |
METEOR identifier: | 320207 |
Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Standard 16/10/2006 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Health, Standard 29/11/2006 |
Definition: | The physical, social and attitudinal environment in which people live and conduct their lives, as represented by a code. |
Context: | The environment in which a person functions or experiences disability. |
Data Element Concept: | Person—environmental factor |
Value Domain: | Environmental factor code (ICF 2001) AN[NNN] |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Classification scheme: | International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health 2001 | |
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Representation class: | Code | |
Data type: | String | |
Format: | AN[NNN] | |
Maximum character length: | 5 |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare which is the Australian Collaborating Centre for the World Health Organization Family of International Classifications. |
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Origin: | WHO 2001. ICF: International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. Geneva: WHO AIHW 2003. ICF Australian User Guide Version 1.0. Canberra: AIHW |
Reference documents: | Further information on the ICF, including more detailed codes, can be found in the ICF itself and the ICF Australian User Guide (AIHW 2003), at the following websites:
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | This data element is a neutral list of environmental factors. It may be used, in conjunction with Person—extent of environmental factor influence, code (ICF 2001) [X]N, in health, community services and other disability-related data collections to record the environmental factors that facilitate or inhibit optimum functioning at the body, person or societal level. Identification of environmental factors may assist in determining appropriate interventions to support the person to achieve optimum functioning. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) which is the Australian Collaborating Centre for the World Health Organization Family of International Classifications. |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | See also Person—extent of environmental factor influence, code (ICF 2001) [X]N Community Services (retired), Standard 16/10/2006 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Health, Standard 29/11/2006 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Environmental factors cluster Community Services (retired), Standard 16/10/2006 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Health, Standard 29/11/2006 |