Child—primary type of abuse or neglect, code N[N]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Primary type of abuse or neglect (child protection) |
| Synonymous names: | Substantiated primary type of abuse |
| METEOR identifier: | 455487 |
| Registration status: | Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 Community Services (retired), Recorded 19/08/2011 [Non Dictionary |
| Definition: | The most serious type of abuse or neglect that has caused, or is likely to cause, injury or harm to a child, as represented by a code. |
| Data Element Concept: | Child—primary type of abuse or neglect |
| Value Domain: | Child abuse or neglect type code N[N] |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
| Representation class: | Code | |
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| Data type: | Number | |
| Format: | N[N] | |
| Maximum character length: | 2 | |
| Value | Meaning | |
| Permissible values: | 1 | Physical abuse |
| 2 | Sexual abuse | |
| 3 | Emotional abuse | |
| 4 | Neglect | |
| Supplementary values: | 97 | Not applicable |
| 99 | Not stated/inadequately described | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Guide for use: | CODE 1 Physical abuse Any non-accidental physical act inflicted upon a child by a person having the care of a child. CODE 2 Sexual abuse Any act by a person having the care of the child which exposes a child to, or involves a child in, sexual processes beyond his or her understanding or contrary to accepted community standards. CODE 3 Emotional abuse Any act by a person having the care of a child that results in the child suffering any kind of significant emotional deprivation or trauma. CODE 4 Neglect Any serious omissions or commissions by a person having the care of a child which, within the bounds of cultural tradition, constitute a failure to provide conditions which are essential for the healthy, physical and emotional development of a child. |
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| Comments: | 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 may be subject to more than one type of abuse and neglect (for example, sexual abuse is often also associated with emotional abuse). |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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| Steward: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Guide for use: | This item refers to the most serious type of actions or inactions, as determined by the investigating officer, which have resulted in, or are likely to result in, significant harm or injury to a child. Where more than one type of abuse or neglect or harm has occurred, this data element refers to the type most likely to be the most severe in the short term or most likely to place the child at risk in the short term, or if such an assessment is not possible, the most obvious form of abuse or neglect. |
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| Collection methods: | Codes 1-4 or 99 'Not stated/ inadequately described' should only be used for records with a code 1 'Substantiated' for Child protection notification—investigation status, code N[N]. |
| Comments: | National data do not distinguish between substantiations for actual harm and those for risk of future harm. |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| Steward: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| Origin: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2013. Child protection national minimum data set, data collection manual 2012-13. Canberra: AIHW. |
Relational attributes | |
| Related metadata references: | Supersedes Child—abuse and neglect type, code N Community Services (retired), Standard 01/03/2005 See also Child protection notification—investigation status, code N[N] Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 Community Services (retired), Recorded 19/08/2011 See also Child—other type of abuse or neglect, code N[N] Children and Families, Standard 11/05/2023 See also Child—other type of abuse or neglect, code N[N] Children and Families, Superseded 11/05/2023 Community Services (retired), Recorded 19/08/2011 |
| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Notifications, investigations, and substantiations (NIS) DSS Pilot 2010 Community Services (retired), Recorded 19/08/2011 Notifications, investigations, and substantiations (NIS) file cluster Children and Families, Superseded 22/11/2016 Community Services (retired), Recorded 09/10/2014 Notifications, investigations, and substantiations (NIS) file cluster Children and Families, Superseded 22/11/2016 Notifications, investigations, and substantiations (NIS) file cluster Children and Families, Superseded 22/11/2016 Notifications, investigations, and substantiations (NIS) file cluster Children and Families, Superseded 20/04/2018 Notifications, investigations, and substantiations (NIS) file cluster Children and Families, Superseded 20/01/2021 Notifications, investigations, and substantiations (NIS) file cluster Children and Families, Superseded 03/11/2021 Notifications, investigations, and substantiations (NIS) file cluster Children and Families, Superseded 11/05/2023 Notifications, investigations, and substantiations (NIS) file cluster Children and Families, Standard 11/05/2023 Safety in care (SC) file cluster Children and Families, Superseded 03/11/2021 Safety in care (SC) file cluster Children and Families, Superseded 11/05/2023 Safety in care (SC) file cluster Children and Families, Standard 11/05/2023 |