Carol Shieh

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Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
School of Nursing
Environments for Health
Assistant ProfessorAppointed: 2004

Mailing Address

1111 Middle Dr.
Indianapolis, Indiana 46202-5107
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (317) 278-1575
Fax: (317) 274-2411
wshieh@iupui.edu

Qualifications

D.N.Sc., Yale University, Nursing, 1998.
R.N.C., Impatient Obstetric Nursing (Clinical Certification), 1991.
M.P.H., University of Minnesota, Public Health Nursing, 1986.
M.S., Kaohsiung Medical College, Public Health, 1982.
B.S.N., Kaohsiung Medical College, Nursing, 1979.

Expertise and Research Interests

Maternal-fetal attachment
Prenatal substance aubse
Women with leprosy
Cross-cultural research
Mother-preterm infant interaction
Health literacy
Prenatal health education
Pregnatal gestational weight gain

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Cross Cultural Studies, Leprosy, Nursing, Nursing Education, Pregnancy, Public Health, Substance Abuse, Women's Health.

Additional Terms:

Health Literacy, Mother-infant Interaction, Pregnancy, Prenatal Attachment, Prenatal Health Education, Preterm Infant, Substance Abuse, Triangulation, Women's Health.

Languages

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

Chinese, Mandarin: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)

Memberships

American Public Health Association
Association of Women's Health, Obsterical, and Neonatal Nurses
Indiana Chinese-American Professionals Association
Indiana Perinatal Network
Midwest Nursing Research Society
National League for Nursing
Sigma Theta Tau International

Honors and Awards

2009-2009, Trustees Teaching Award, Indiana University
2007-2007, Sequoia Award for enhancing knowledge and scholarship in diversity, Indiana Univeristy School of Nursing
2006-2006, Recognition for special contributions to teaching, Asian Pacific American Faculty and Staff Council, Indiana University
2006-2006, Excellence in Research Award, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society Alpha Chapter
2005-2005, Inducted to the Institute for Action Research in Community Health as a fellow, Indiana Univeristy
2004-2005, Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare, Marquis Publisher
2004-2004, The United Who's Who Registry, United Who's Who Empowering & Professionals
2004-2004, Karen Cobb Scholarship of Teaching Award, Indiana University School of Nursing
2003-2004, Who' Who Among America's Teachers, National Academic Affairs Educational Communications
2002-2002, Excellence In Nursing Research Award, Association of Women's Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses Indiana Chapter
1979-1979, Nightingale Nursing Student Award, Kaohsiung Medical College

Previous Positions

2001-2004, Assistant Professor, Indiana University Kokomo, School of Nursing
1999-2001, Assistant Professor, Southern Connecticut State University, School of Health and Human Services, Nursing

Funding Received

  • Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society Small Grant: Health literacy, self-efficacy, maternal beliefs of fetal health, and pregnancy health information seeking in low-income pregnant women, $4,998, 2008 to 2009.
  • Ethel Clake Research Fellowship, Indiana University School of Nursing: Developing health information intervention for pregnant women, $10,000, 2008 to 2009.
  • Indiana Univeristy School of Nursing Research Investment Fund: Information needs, barriers, and pregnancy health information-seeking in low-income pregnant women, $7,100.65, 2007 to 2008.
  • Indiana University School of Nursing new faculty development grant: Health literacy issues in socially risk pregnant women, $10,000, 2006 to 2006.
  • Indiana University Kokomo: Mother's interactive behaviors with the premature newborn in the neonatal intensive care unit, $1,000, 2004 to 2004.
  • Indiana University Kokomo: Maternal attachment during and after a newborn's neonatal intensive care treatment, $1,000, 2003 to 2003.
  • President's Council in International Programs, Indiana Uiversity: Women with leprosy in Taiwan, $2,000, 2003 to 2003.
  • Connecticut Nurse's Fundation: Maternal-fetal attachment in illicit-drug-using pregnant women, $1,000, 1997 to 1997.
  • APT Foundation: Maternal-fetal attachment in illicit-drug-using pregnant women, $2,500, 1997 to 1997.
  • Delta Mu Chapter, Yale University: Maternal-fetal attachment in illicit-drug-using pregnant women, $200, 1996 to 1996.
  • University of Minnesota School of Public Health: Betty Hallstrom Research Award, $350, 1986 to 1986.

Publications

  • Shieh C, Mays R, McDaniel A, Yu J (Nov 2009) Health literacy and its association with the use of information sources and with barriers to information seeking in clinic-based pregnant women., Health care for women international, 30 (11), 971-88 Abstract
  • Shieh, C., McDaniel, A., & Ke, I. (2009) Information-seeking and its predictors in low-income pregnant women., Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health, 54 (5), 364-72 Abstract
  • Shieh, C., & Halstead, J.A (2009) Understanding the impact of health literacy on women's health, Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing, 38, 601-612
  • Lin, M.L.., Shieh, C., & Wang, H.H. (Jun 2008) Comparison between pregnant Southeast Asian immigrant and Taiwanese women in terms of pregnancy knowledge, attitude toward pregnancy, medical service experiences and prenatal care behaviors., The journal of nursing research : JNR, 16 (2), 97-108 Abstract
  • Shieh, C., & Hosei, B. (2008) Printed health information materials: evaluation of readability and suitability., Journal of community health nursing, 25 (2), 73-90 Abstract
  • Shieh, C (2008) Book review on "Immigrant families in contemporary society", Journal of Community Health Nursing, 25 (1), 124
  • Shieh, C. (2008) Women's health: Past, present, and future, In H.H.. Wang (ed). Women's health: Theory and practice, 2nd ed., Taipei, Taiwan, Farterng, 17-1 - 17-14 pages (bookchapter)
  • Shieh C, Wang HH, Lin CF (Jun 2006) From contagious to chronic: a life course experience with leprosy in Taiwanese women., Leprosy review, 77 (2), 99-113 Abstract
  • Shieh C, Kravitz M (2006) Severity of drug use, initiation of prenatal care, and maternal-fetal attachment in pregnant marijuana and cocaine/heroin users., Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNN / NAACOG, 35 (4), 499-508 Abstract
  • Shieh C (2006) Practice-based evidence. How one nurse turned her day-to-day experiences into research., AWHONN lifelines / Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses, 10 (5), 375-8 Abstract
  • Shieh, C., Wang, H.H., & Lin, C.F. (2006) A qualitative inquiry for the life-course, Proceedings of 2006 Annual Midwest Nursing Research Society Conference, 52.
  • Shieh C (2005) Evaluation of a clinical teaching method involving stories., International journal of nursing education scholarship, 2, Article 30 Abstract
  • Shieh, C. (2005) Is story writing and story time an effective teaching method?, Proceedings of 2005 Annual Midwest Nursing Research Society Conference, 30-31
  • Wang HH, Shieh C, Wang RH (Feb 2004) Self-care and well-being model for elderly women: a comparison of rural and urban areas., The Kaohsiung journal of medical sciences, 20 (2), 63-9 Abstract
  • Shieh C (2004) International exchange program: findings from Taiwanese graduate nursing students., Journal of professional nursing : official journal of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 20 (1), 33-9 Abstract
  • Shieh, C. (2004) Behind the curtain: Women with leprosy in Taiwan., Proceedings of 2004 Annual Midwest Nursing Research Society Conference, 3.
  • Shieh, C. (2003) Are prenatal cocaine/heroin users different from marijuana-using pregnant women?, Proceedings of Midwest Nursing Research Society, 94
  • Shieh, C, Women's health: past, present, and future, In H.H. Wang (Ed.). Women's health: Theory and Practice. Taipei, Taiwan. Farterng Publishing Co., P(17-1)-(17-14), 2002
  • Shieh C, Kravitz M (2002) Maternal-fetal attachment in pregnant women who use illicit drugs., Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNN / NAACOG, 31 (2), 156-64 Abstract
  • Shieh C, Kravitz M, Wang HH (Sep 2001) What do we know about maternal-fetal attachment?, The Kaohsiung journal of medical sciences, 17 (9), 448-54 Abstract
  • Wang HH, Shieh C (Jun 2001) Concept analysis of well-being., The Kaohsiung journal of medical sciences, 17 (6), 286-93 Abstract
  • Shieh, C. (2001) Health fair! In Taiwan, an effective way to promote cancer awareness., Reflections on Nursing Leadership, 27 (3), 1-2 and 44
  • Shieh, C. (1997) Play time for stress reduction, Saint Raphael's Better Health, 18 (4), 40
  • Shieh, C. (1982) A survey of the utilization of the health care system by its residents in the Lin-Ya District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Journal of Formosa Medical Association, 81 (10), 1318

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