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Person—reason for seeking assistance, homelessness code N[N]

Definition

The reason(s) why a person presented to a specialist homelessness agency in order to seek assistance, as represented by a code.

Components

Data Element (this item)
Person—reason for seeking assistance, homelessness code N[N]

Representation

This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Reasons for seeking assistance homelessness code N[N] ".
Data Type Number
Format N[N]
Maximum character length 2
Values
Value Meaning Start Date End Date
Permissible Values 1 Financial difficulties
2 Housing affordability stress
3 Housing crises
4 Inadequate or inappropriate dwelling conditions
5 Previous accommodation ended
6 Time out from family/other situation
7 Relationship/family breakdown
8 Sexual abuse
9 Domestic and family violence
10 Non-family violence
11 Mental health issues
12 Medical issues
13 Problematic drug or substance use
14 Problematic alcohol use
15 Employment difficulties
16 Unemployment
17 Problematic gambling
18 Transition from custodial arrangements
19 Transition from foster care and child safety residential placements
20 Transition from other care arrangements
21 Discrimination including racial discrimination
22 Itinerant
23 Unable to return home due to environmental reasons
24 Disengagement with school or other education and training
25 Lack of family and/or community support
26 Other
Supplementary Values 99 Not stated/inadequately described

Comments

Guide for use:

This data element is intended to focus on the reason(s) the person presented to the agency as opposed to the underlying reasons or causes that may have built up over a lifetime.

There may be more than one reason why a person seeks assistance. This data element may be used to collect the main presenting reason or all presenting reasons.

If this data element is used to collect both , the main reason should be collected second, that is after 'all' reasons have been ascertained.

If a person does not nominate a list category record their response as 'Other' and record the description.

References


This content Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Attribution provided as required under the AIHW CC-BY licence.

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