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Child Health Systems Programme - First Visit

Summary

Abstract

The Health Visitor First Visit form is generally completed at around 10 days after the birth of the child. This begins the child's electronic surveillance record and gathers basic identification, family and social data.

Keywords

Publisher

  • Identifier
    7
  • Name
    Public Health Scotland
  • Logo
  • Description
    Public Health Scotland is an NHS Board. We are uniquely sponsored by the Scottish Government and the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) on behalf of local government.
  • Contact point

Documentation

Description

The Health Visitor First Visit form is generally completed at around 10 days after the birth of the child. This begins the child's electronic surveillance record and gathers basic identification, family and social data. Examples of information collected include: mother's age; smokers in household and infant feeding (at birth, hospital discharge and current method). Identification data such as name, address, GP etc are also checked and updated.

Coverage

Spatial

  • Spatial coverage

    United Kingdom, Scotland

  • Geographic levels
    Not available

Temporal

  • Start date
    04/01/2011
  • End date
    Not available
  • Frequency
    Monthly
  • Distribution release date
    01/09/2020

Provenance

  • Purpose
    Not available
  • Source
    Not available
  • Collection situation
    Not available

Access and governance

  • Conditions of access
    General research use

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Usage

  • Conditions of use
    Institution-specific restrictions, Not for profit use
  • Resource creator
    National Services Scotland
  • Is referenced by
    Not available

Access

Format and standards

  • Language
    English
  • Format
    text, csv

Enrichment and linkage

  • Related datasets
    • Not available
  • Linkage opportunity
    Not available
  • Tools
    • Not available

Synthetic data

Synthetic data is not yet available for this dataset. 

Data dictionary

Demographic / Birth details

PLACE OF BIRTH

Child’s place of birth

GP

Name of General Practitioner where the child is registered on CHI

GP/TC NAME

Name of General Practice or community clinic where the child is registered

NAME/ADDRESS/ POSTCODE

Child’s demographic details

CHI NO

Community Health Index number

VITAMIN K GIVEN

Has child received Vitamin K by intramuscular injection or orally?

DATE OF VISIT / REVIEW / ASSESSMENT

Date Health Visitor first visit was completed

CONCERNS RAISED BY CARER

During the child health review, has the child’s carer raised specific concerns about a...

SIRS TC NO

General Practice or community clinic where the child where the child should be scheduled...

MOTHERS DOB

Mother’s date of birth

Variable description

Data type