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Indiana University

Carol Shieh, DNSc, RNC-OB

Carol Shieh, DNSc, RNC-OB
  • Associate Professor, Department of Environments for Health

Contact Information

(317) 278-1575
Nursing E413
wshieh@iupui.edu

Education

  • DNSc, Yale University
  • MPH, University of Minnesota
  • MS, Kaohsiung Medical College, Taiwan
  • BSN, Kaohsiung Medical College, Taiwan

External Funding

Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society Small Research Grant, 2008-2009

Indiana University School of Nursing Research Investment Fund, 2007-2008

Indiana University New Faculty Research Development Grant, 2005

Indiana Unversity Kokomo Summer Research Grant, 2003, and 2004

President's Council on International Programs, Indiana University Bloomington, 2003 

Biosketch

Dr. Shieh has a clinical certification in Inpatient Obstetric Nursing. Her research is focused on vulnerable women populations, including immigrant pregnant women, prenatal illicit drug users, low-income pregnant women, and women with disabilities. She investigated maternal-fetal attachment, early maternal-infant separation, prenatal care, prenatal knowledge, health literacy, and prenatal information needs. Her recent studies contribute to health promotion, health literacy, and health information-seeking of pregnant women. She examined readability and suitability of written prenatal education materials, factors (needs, barriers, self-efficacy, health literacy, and control beliefs) that influence pregnant women to find and use pregnancy health information, and information disparities. She serves on the Editorial Advisory Board for the Journal of Community Health Nursing and is a member of the Research Advisory Panel for the Association for Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses.

Selected Publications:

Shieh, C., & Weaver, M.T. (2011). Comparisons in perceived importance of and needs for maternal gestational weight information between African-American and Caucasian pregnant women. Journal of Perinatal Eudcation, 20 (2), 100-107.
 
Sheih, C. & Carter, A. (2011). Online prenatal nutrition education: helping pregnant women eat healthfully using MyPyramid.gov. Nursing for Women's Health, 15 (1), 26-35.

Shieh, C. Broome, B.E. & Stump, T.E. (2010). Factors associated with health information-seeking in low-income pregnant women. Women & Health, 50 (5), 426-442.

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.

Shieh, C., Mays, R., McDaniel, A. & Yu, J. (2009). Health literacy and its association with the use of information sources and with the barriers to information seeking in clinic-based pregnant women. Health Care for Women International, 30 (11), 971-988.

Shieh, C. McDaniel, A., & Ke, I. (2009). Information-seeking and its predictors in low-income pregnant women. Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health, 54 (5), 364-372.

Shieh, C., & Hosei, B. (2008). Printed health information materials: Evaluation of readability and suitability. Journal of Community Health Nursing, 25(1), 73-90.

Lin, M. L., Shieh, C., & Wang, H. H. (2008). Comparison between Southeast Asian immigrant and Taiwanese pregnant women in terms of pregnancy knowledge, attitude toward pregnancy, experience of medical service experiences and prenatal care behaviors. Journal of Nursing Research, 16(2), 97-107.

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, Neonatal, and Gynecological Nursing, 35(4), 499-508.

Shieh, C., Wang, H. H., & Lin, C.F. (2006). From contagious to chronic: A life course experience with leprosy in Taiwanese women. Leprosy Review, 77, 99-113.

Shieh, C. (2006). How one nurse turned her day-to-day experiences into research? AWHONN Lifelines, 10(5), 375-378. 

For additional information, see myprofile.cos.com/wshieh