摘要：This paper describes a policy framework aimed at ensuring that the interests of substance-using others and their children be linked, in tandem with an analysis of urban mother’s words describing their interpretations of policy in this realm. This framework and the mothers’ testimony have been used in cities across British Columbia (BC) in professional education with health, social service, and child welfare professionals working with pregnant women and mothers who use substances, and in virtual communities of practice involving child protection and substance- use workers This article describes the responses of providers in these two educational contexts and assesses the ongoing utility of the policy framework. A more balanced public policy regarding mothering and substance use is unlikely to evolve without leadership at the system planning level that empowers practitioners to be flexible in recognizing both women’s and children’s interests.
