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Glossary

Please find a list of definitions used throughout this playbook below;


Action
An action that has been carried out as a part of responding to a NEED.
Assessment
An understanding of NEEDs and circumstances.
Cohort
An initial prioritised list of people and households that may have a risk of a VULNERABILITY.
Data Product
A facility that provides controlled access to one or more ATTRIBUTEs.
Enabler
A source of rules that allow data to be reused for a new PURPOSE.
Household
A collection of PERSONs who live together at the same RESIDENCE and function as a social unit.
Information Type
A generic description of a dataset that one or many organisations may hold, collected for a single PURPOSE.
Need
An unmet requirement of a Person or Household that can be addressed.
Outcome
A result that has been achieved by addressing the NEEDs of a Person or Household.
Person
An Individual who may be vulnerable.
Place
A geographic area.
Plan
A set of planned actions designed to respond to a NEED over a period.
Purpose
The remit that an Organisation has to carry out an initiative covering one or more VULNERABILITYs.
Referral
A decision to direct a NEED to a support SERVICE.
Residence
A home of a PERSON.
Risk Factor
A single fact about a Person or Household that can be combined with others to categorise the risk of a VULNERABILITY , and predict NEEDs.
Risk Model
The Rules by which RISK_FACTORs will be used to prioritise VULNERABILITY risk and predict NEEDs.
Service
The ability for a Delivery Organisation to carry out one or more predetermined methods designed to deliver an OUTCOME.
Vulnerability
The increased risk of a poor outcome.
Metric
A statistic that evidences the imperative for a VULNERABILITY to be addressed.
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