Eligible to Direct Dissertations

Education

DNSc, Yale University
MPH, University of Minnesota
MS (Public Health), Kaohsiung Medical College Institute of Tropical Medicine, Taiwan
BSN, Kaohsiung Medical College, Taiwan

Research Areas

Prevention & Health Promotion

Specialties and Expertise

Biography

Dr. Shieh has a clinical certification in inpatient obstetric nursing and a public health background. Her research is focused on maternal and infant health. As a health promotion researcher, Dr. Shieh devotes her efforts to improve maternal health and reduce infant mortality specifically through prenatal risk identification and maternal health behavior change. She has studied maternal-fetal attachment of illicit-drug users and information-seeking behavior of pregnant women. Her current research is focused on weight management and obesity prevention in pregnant women. Her interventions highlight self-management and innovation. She adopts self-monitoring strategy and lifestyle intervention to empower pregnant women to take charge of their weight management. She and her colleagues also apply community-engaged approaches to identify high-risk maternal biopsychosocial factors that contribute to infant mortality and deploy interventions to promote maternal health and reduce infant death. She has received research and scholarship awards from many organizations, such as the Association for Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses and its Indiana chapter, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society Alpha Chapter, Indiana Public Health Foundation Public Health and Preventive Medicine, CTSI Translation to Practice Scholar, and Yale University School of Nursing Alumni Association. She has also served for many professional organizations, including the American Public Health Association Maternal and Child Health Section’s Greg Alexander Outstanding Student Paper session, Journal of Community Health Nursing (Editorial Advisory Board), the Association for Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses Research Advisory Panel, the Midwest Nursing Research Society (Research Interest Group Advisory Committee), and the American Academy of Nursing Maternal and Infant Health Expert Panel and the Edge Runners’ National Advisory Council.

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