Prison dischargee smoking status cluster

Identifying and definitional attributes

• Health, Superseded 28/04/2016

Collection and usage attributes

The Smoking status cluster comprises of five data elements that, in combination, determine a person's current smoking status and history of tobacco use.

This is achieved by the combination of the five data elements: Person—current smoking status indicator, Code N; Prison dischargee—tobacco smoking status prior to imprisonment, Yes/no code N; Prison dischargee—intention to quit smoking indicator, yes/no code N; Prison dischargee—tobacco smoking cessation indicator, yes/no code N; Prison dischargee—smoking cessation program participation, Yes/no code N and Prison dischargee—tobacco amount smoked now compared with prior to imprisonment, Yes/no code N

The Smoking status cluster describes the following information:

N/A is not applicable.

Information on a prison dischargee's smoking status and history are collected from prisoners who are going to be discharged from the prison system in the following 4 weeks from the date of data collection, on the National Prisoner Health Census Prison Discharge form.

Source and reference attributes

Relational attributes