Person—self-harm ideation in the last 12 months, yes/no/not stated/inadequately described code N

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Self-harm ideation in the last 12 months
METEOR identifier:	358880
Registration status:	Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 Health, Superseded 28/04/2016
Definition:	An indicator of whether a person has had thoughts, in the last 12 months, of inflicting harm upon themself, as represented by a code.
Data Element Concept:	Person—self-harm ideation in the last 12 months
Value Domain:	Yes/no/not stated/inadequately described code N

Value domain attributes
Representational attributes
Representation class:	Code
Data type:	Number
Format:	N
Maximum character length:	1
	Value	Meaning
Permissible values:	1	Yes
	2	No
Supplementary values:	97	Not applicable
	98	Unknown/unable to be determined
	99	Not stated/inadequately described

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:

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CODE 97 Not applicable

CODE 98 Unknown/unable to be determined

CODE 99 Not stated/inadequately described

This code is not for use in primary data collections.

Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Data element attributes
Collection and usage attributes
Guide for use:	All thoughts of self-harm should be included, regardless of whether or not they were related to instances of actual self-harming behaviour.
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Has been superseded by Person—self-harm ideation in the last 12 months, prisoner health yes/no/unknown code N Health, Standard 28/04/2016
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:	Prison entrants DSS Health, Superseded 28/04/2016 DSS specific attributes + DSS specific information: This data element is included in the Prisoner Health DSS as the National Prisoner Health Indicators include the indicator: Proportion of prison entrants who report that they have thought of harming themselves in the last 12 months.