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Data Element Detail

Needle and Syringe Program (NSP) client-sex
Identifying and Definitional Attributes
QH 041910 v1
Data Element
Data Element
Draft
16-Oct-2015		Current
24-Dec-2015
Standard
01-Nov-2006
Sex is the biological distinction between male and female. Where there is an inconsistency between anatomical and chromosomal characteristics, sex is based on anatomical characteristics.
Needle and syringe programs in Queensland
Sex of NSP client
Representational Attributes
Numeric
Code
N[N)
1
2
Permissible Values

Permissible_values

CodeDescription
1Male
2Female
3Intersex or intermediate
Supplementary Values

Supplemenary_values

CodeDescription
99Not stated/unknown
Collection and Usage Attributes
Code 3 Intersex or indeterminate
Refers to a client, who because of a genetic condition, was born with reproductive organs or sex chromosomes that are not exclusively male or female or whose sex has not yet been determined for whatever reason.

Code 99 Not stated/unknown
This code should be used when the sex of the NSP client has not been reported.
Must be a valid code.
Queensland Minimum Data Set for Needle and Syringe Programs (QMDS-NSP):
This data element is collected on each occasion of service.

Operationally, sex is the distinction between male and female, as reported by a client or as determined by an NSP staff person.

A client's sex may change during their lifetime as a result of procedures known alternatively as sex change, gender reassignment, transsexual surgery, transgender reassignment or sexual reassignment. Throughout this process, which may be over a considerable period of time, the client's sex could be recorded as either Male or Female.

When collecting data on sex in a face-to-face setting (e.g. by personal interview), asking the sex of the client is usually unnecessary and may be inappropriate, or even offensive. It is usually a simple matter to infer the sex of the client through observation, or from other cues such as the relationship of the person(s) accompanying the client, or first name.

Code 3, Intersex or indeterminate, should only be used if the client volunteers that he/she is intersex or where it otherwise becomes clear during the collection process that the individual is neither male nor female.
Required for analysis of service utilisation, service needs and epidemiological studies.
Relational Attributes
Related Metadata References

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ViewRelationshipMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifier & VersionApproval Status
Relates toData ElementData Element ConceptNeedle and Syringe Program (NSP) clientQH 041909 Version 1Current
Implementation in Metadata Sets

Implemented

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ViewMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifer & VersionObligationApproval StatusEffective FromEffective To
Information AssetData CollectionQueensland Minimum Dataset for Needle and Syringe Programs (QMDS-NSP)QH 020273 Version 2OptionalCurrent01-Jul-2019
Information AssetData CollectionQueensland Minimum Dataset for Needle and Syringe Programs (QMDS-NSP)QH 020273 Version 1OptionalSuperseded01-Nov-200630-Jun-2019
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Needle and Syringe programs (QNSP) Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2016-2017QH 020287 Version 1OptionalSuperseded01-Jul-201630-Jun-2017
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Needle and Syringe programs (QNSP) Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2017-2018QH 020297 Version 1OptionalSuperseded01-Jul-201730-Jun-2018
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Needle and Syringe programs (QNSP) Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2018-2019QH 020489 Version 1OptionalSuperseded01-Jul-201830-Jun-2019
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Needle and Syringe programs (QNSP) Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2019-2020QH 020608 Version 1OptionalCurrent01-Jul-201930-Jun-2020
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Needle and Syringe programs (QNSP) Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2020-2021QH 020691 Version 1OptionalDraft01-Jul-202030-Jun-2021
Source and Reference Attributes
NSP; Needle and syringe programs; Sex;