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502 Chapter 17<br />

TEXT CATEGORY PHASE PROCESS<br />

"If I ever lost my children...to me<br />

that would be the worst th<strong>in</strong>g that<br />

could ever happen to me."<br />

"That's what makes me th<strong>in</strong>k I don't<br />

need this baby...because I'm us<strong>in</strong>g.<br />

I like drugs."<br />

Value<br />

"I know if I get pregnant, I could<br />

stop the drug."<br />

"I might as well smoke the next six<br />

months if I already screwed him up."<br />

Hope<br />

FACING THE<br />

SITUATION<br />

"I was really concerned that he<br />

might have someth<strong>in</strong>g wrong with<br />

him, some deformity."<br />

"It's okay to use drugs, but <strong>in</strong> that<br />

last month you better stop or you<br />

a<strong>in</strong>'t gonna br<strong>in</strong>g your baby home."<br />

Risk<br />

SALVAGING<br />

SELF<br />

"I was, like, <strong>in</strong>to, like, try<strong>in</strong>g to dr<strong>in</strong>k<br />

a lot of milk and healthy foods."<br />

"I been dr<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g a lot of pickle juice...<br />

I'm gonna make sure there a<strong>in</strong>'t<br />

noth<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> my system with this one."<br />

"I'd lie. I'd say (the crack) wasn't for<br />

me, it was for another person out of<br />

town or someth<strong>in</strong>g."<br />

"The last time I went to the doctor,<br />

they were like look<strong>in</strong>g at me funny.<br />

So I k<strong>in</strong>d of knew someth<strong>in</strong>g was<br />

wrong and I didn't go back."<br />

Harm<br />

Reduction<br />

Stigma<br />

Management<br />

EVADING<br />

HARM<br />

Figure 17.2. The relation of themes/categories <strong>in</strong> Kearney et al.’s analysis of how<br />

pregnant drug users viewed their own behavior.<br />

SOURCE: M. H. Kearney et al., ‘‘Salvag<strong>in</strong>g Self—A Grounded Theory of Pregnancy on Crack Coca<strong>in</strong>e,’’<br />

Nurs<strong>in</strong>g <strong>Research</strong>, Vol. 44, pp. 208–13. 1995, Lipp<strong>in</strong>cott Williams & Wilk<strong>in</strong>s. Repr<strong>in</strong>ted with permission.

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