Faculty

Current Position

Professor, Institute of Community Health Care, College of Nursing, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Joint appointment: Professor, Institute of Public Health, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

Office

Room 607, Nursing Building

Academic Degrees

ScD, MPH

Experience

Registered Nurse

Director, Institute of Community Health Care, NYCU

Director, International Health Program, NYMU
Editor, Journal of Nursing Research (SCI Journal)
Associate editor, BMC Health Services Research (SCI Journal)
Committee Member, Children's Health Promotion Committee, Ministry of Health and Welfare
Rater, McMaster online rating of evidence (MORE)
Committee Member, Research and Development Consulting Committee, Health Promotion Administration, Ministry of Health and Welfare
Nursing expert consultant, Taipei Veterans General Hospital

Specialty

Public Health, Community Health Nursing

Research Interests

Maternal and Child Health, Health Promotion, Complementary and Alternative Medicine

IHP Thesis Advisee

1. 彭彥婷/ Factors associated with antiretroviral drug use for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus in Malawi.馬拉威預防HIV母子垂直傳染藥物使用之相關因素探討。2005
2. Maria Ellen Daly/ Factors associated with utilisation of Traditional Chinese Medicine under Taiwan's National Health Insurance System by white collar foreign workers. 2007
3. Aisha Nicole Andrewin/ Stigmatization of HIV/AIDS patients and Related Factors among Doctors and Nurses in Belize. 2007
4. 江韶恩/ The Relationship Between Physical Symptoms and Postpartum Depression in Immigrant Women. 2009
5. Philip James Castillo/ A Retrospective Cohort Study on Factors Associated with Mortality Among HIV Infected Individuals in Belize. 2010
6. Reanna Christina Solomon/ Correlates of types and levels of disability among the disable population in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. 2011
7. Catherine Sessay/ Analysis of Factors Associated with Failure to Return for HIV Test Results in The Gambia. 2011
8. David Valdemoro Marcaida/ Factors Associated with Competencies Among Skilled Birth Attendants in Masbate, Philippines. 2012
9. 利正婷(Mika Li)/ Health -Related Quality of Life among Patients with Tuberculosis who had Completed DOTS in Kiribati. 2013
10. Mbali Sichasiso Dlamini/ Factors associated with tuberculosis treatment outcomes in Manzini, Swaziland. 2014
11. Alex Waits/ Acupressure effect on sleep quality: systematic review and meta-analysis. 2016
12. Nonhlanhla Christinah Dlamini/ A Case-control Study on Risk Factors Associated with Isoniazid Resistant TB among HIV positive TB patients in Swaziland. 2017
13. Teoh Ru Jian Jonathan/ Using statins as a secondary prevention strategy for patients with previous ischemic stroke or intracranial hemorrhage: a systemic review and meta-analysis.2018

14. Alex Waits/ Gestational weight gain, birth weight, breastfeeding and postpartum weight retension: 2011-2016 Taiwan National Surveys. 2019

15. Mabuza Gugulethu Nokwazi/ Consumption of iron and folic acid and associated factors among pregnant women in Eswatini. 2019

16. 劉威志/ Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease undergoing Hemodialysis, Their Adherence, and Related Factors末期腎臟病血液透析病人的配合度以及相關因子. 2022

17. Hloniphile Victory Masina/ The impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on tuberculosis case notification and treatment outcomes among patients with tuberculosis in Eswatini: comparative analysis across two observation periods (2018-2019:2020-2021). 2022

Selected Publications

• Weng SS, Huang YT, Huang YT, Li YP, Chein LY*. Assisted reproductive technology and risk of childhood cancers. JAMA Network Open. 2022 Aug 1;5(8):e2230157. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.30157.
• Chien LY, Lee EY, Coca KP, Paek SC, Hong SA, Chang YS. Impact of COVID-19 on breastfeeding intention and behaviour among postpartum women in five countries.  Women and Birth. 2022 Jun 17;S1871-5192(22)00107-X. doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2022.06.006. Online ahead of print.
• Chen HH, Lai JCY, Hwang FM, Chien LY*. Bi-dimensional acculturation and depressive symptom trajectories from pregnancy to one year postpartum in marriage-based immigrant women in Taiwan. Psychological Medicine, 2020 Dec 2:1-9. doi: 10.1017/S0033291720004195. Online ahead of print. (Corresponding author)  SCI
• Chen TL, Chen YY, Lin CL, Peng FS, Chien LY*. Responsive feeding, infant growth, and postpartum depressive symptoms during 3 months postpartum. Nutrients. 2020 Jun 12;12(6):1766. doi: 10.3390/nu12061766.
• Waits A, Guo CY, & Chien, LY*. Comparison between American Institute of Medicine guidelines and local recommendation for gestational weight gain in Taiwanese primiparous women. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 2021 Dec;25(12):1981-1991. doi: 10.1007/s10995-021-03231-2.

IHP Student Thesis Publications

• Mabuza GN, Waits A, Nkoka O, Chien LY*. Prevalence of iron and folic acid supplements consumption and associated factors among pregnant women in Eswatini: a multicenter cross-sectional study. BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth. 2021 Jun 30;21(1):469. doi: 10.1186/s12884-021-03881-8.
• Liu MWC, Maimun Syukri, Abdullah Abdullah, Chien LY*. Missing In-Center Hemodialysis Sessions among Patients with End Stage Renal Disease in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021 Aug 30; 18(17): 9215. https:// doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18179215.
• Waits A, Guo CY, Chien LY*. Inadequate gestational weight gain contributes to increasing rates of low birth weight in Taiwan: 2011-2016 nationwide surveys. Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology. 2021 Sept; 60(5): 857-862.
• Waits A, Guo CY, Change YS, Chien LY*. (2020). Dose-response relationships between breastfeeding and postpartum weight retention differ by pre-pregnancy body-mass index in Taiwanese women. Nutrients, 2020 Apr 11;12(4). pii: E1065. doi: 10.3390/nu12041065.
• Dlamini NC, Ji DD, Chien LY*. (2019). Factors associated with isoniazid resistant tuberculosis among human immunodeficiency virus positive patients in Swaziland: A case-control study. BMC Infectious Diseases. 19(1):731.  doi: 10.1186/s12879-019-4384-6.
• Waits A, Guo CY, Chien LY*. (2018). Evaluation of factors contributing to the decline in exclusive breastfeeding at six months postpartum: The 2011-2016 National Surveys in Taiwan. Birth, 2018 Jun; 45(2):184-192. doi: 10.1111/birt.12340.
• Li CT, Chu KH, Reiher B, Kienene T, Chien LY*. (2017). Evaluation of Health-Related Quality of Life of Patients with Tuberculosis Who Completed Treatment in Kiribati. Journal of International Medical Research, 45(2):610-620. DOI: 10.1177/0300060517694491.
• Waits A, Tang YR, Cheng HM, Tai CJ*, Chien LY*. (2018). Acupressure effect on sleep quality: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 37(2018): 24-34.  doi: 10.1016/j.smrv.2016.12.004.
• Dlamini MS, Chien LY*. (2014). Factors associated with Tuberculosis treatment outcomes in Manzini, Swaziland. Journal of International Cooperation, 9(2):205-220.
• Sesay C, Chien LY*. (2012). Analysis of factors associated with failure to return for HIV test results in the Gambia. African Journal of AIDS Research, 11(2): 83-89. 25859911
• Daly M, Tai CJ, Deng CY, Chien LY* (2009). Factors associated with utilization of traditional Chinese medicine by white collar foreign workers living in Taiwan. BMC Health Services Research, 9(1):10.
• Andrewin A & Chien LY* (2008). Stigmatization of HIV/AIDS patients among doctors and nurses in Belize. AIDS Patient Care and STDS, 22(11): 897-906. 19025484
• Peng YT, Yu KL, Chien LY* (2006). Factors associated with antiretroviral drug use for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus in Malawi. Journal of International Cooperation, 1: 106-117.