Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element Concept |
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| Synonymous names: | Antenatal visits |
| METEOR identifier: | 426463 |
| Registration status: | Health, Superseded 02/08/2017 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 03/07/2020 |
| Definition: | A count of antenatal care visits attended by a pregnant female. |
Female—number of antenatal care visits
Data Element Concept Attributes
Object Class attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes
| Object class: | Female |
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| Definition: | A human being of the sex which conceives and brings forth young. |
| Specialisation of: | Person/group of persons |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Australia Institute of Health and Welfare |
| Origin: | Macquarie University 2003. The Macquarie Dictionary 3rd ed. Sydney: The Macquarie Library Pty Ltd. |
Property attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes
| Property: | Number of antenatal care visits |
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| Definition: | A count of antenatal care visits attended. The number of antenatal care visits is an indicator of access and use of health care during pregnancy. The antenatal period presents opportunities for reaching pregnant women with interventions that may be vital to their health and wellbeing and that of their infants. Receiving antenatal care at least four times, as recommended by World Health Organization (WHO), increases the likelihood of receiving effective maternal health interventions during antenatal visits (WHO 2011). Antenatal care visits for women with an uncomplicated pregnancy should include advice, education, reassurance, support and treatment for minor problems of pregnancy, as well as effective screening throughout the pregnancy, to identify problems as they arise, with referral as appropriate (Breeze & Kean 2009). |
| Property group: | Service provision event |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | National Perinatal Epidemiology and Statistics Unit |
| Reference documents: | Breeze A & Kean L 2009. Routine antenatal management at the booking clinic. Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine 20 (1): 1-6. World Health Organization (WHO) 2011. Indicator code book: World health statistics - World health statistics indicators. WHO, Geneva. Viewed 15 September 2011, http://www.who.int/whosis/indicators/ |
Data element concept attributes
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | National Perinatal Epidemiology and Statistics Unit |
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Relational attributes
| Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Female—number of antenatal care visits Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 |
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| Data Elements implementing this Data Element Concept: | Female—number of antenatal care visits, total N[N] Health, Superseded 02/08/2017 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 03/07/2020 |