ANS Adv Nurs Sci. 2000 Mar;22(3):58-75. doi: 10.1097/00012272-200003000-00006.

Investing in self-care: a midrange theory of self-care grounded in the lived experience of low-income HIV-positive white women.

ANS. Advances in nursing science

M H Leenerts, J K Magilvy

PMID: 10711805 DOI: 10.1097/00012272-200003000-00006

Abstract

Little is known about the types of interventions that invite low-income women into partnerships that motivate self-care practices when living with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS). The increasing incidence of HIV infection in low-income women with histories of inattention to self-care calls for nursing theories that address self-care practices. The purpose of this article is to describe a midrange theory developed from grounded theory research and to discuss implications of theoretical construction for future knowledge development. For the 12 women in this study, self-care practices developed over time and through four categories: focusing self, fitting resources, feeling emotions, and finding meaning. The core category, investing in self-care, linked the categories and carried explanatory power for developing midrange theory. Implications for nursing knowledge development through partnerships with low-income women are discussed.

MeSH terms

• Adaptation, Psychological*
• Adult
• Attitude to Health
• Creativity
• Emotions
• Female
• HIV Infections / prevention & control
• HIV Infections / psychology
• Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
• Humans
• Knowledge
• Nursing Methodology Research
• Nursing Theory*
• Poverty / psychology
• Self Care / methods
• Self Care / psychology
• Self Concept
• Surveys and Questionnaires
• Whites / psychology
• Women / psychology

Publication Types

• Journal Article
• Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
• Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

Grant support

• F31NR0674/NR/NINR NIH HHS/United States