Victoria Niederhauser

Victoria Niederhauser, DrPH, APRN, PNP
Associate Professor
Department Chair

School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene
University of Hawaii at Manoa
2528 McCarthy Mall, Webster Hall 409
Honolulu, HI 96822
Ph: 808-956-5225, Fax: 808-956-5296
Email: niederha@hawaii.edu

 

RN, Bridgeport Hospital School of Nursing, 1980; BSN, University of Massachusetts, 1983; MSN, Boston College, 1986; Dr.PH, University of Hawaii Manoa 1999.

 

Clinical Area of Focus: nurse practitioner

 

The focus of Dr. Niederhauser's scholarly activities and research is health promotion and disease prevention. Many of the causes of morbidity and mortality are directly related to behaviors (the things people do or the things people do not do) therefore if improvements are to be made in health outcomes, the focus of research should be directed towards changing behaviors with a key focus on health promotion and disease prevention. Dr. Niederhauser's scholarly activities and research stem from this belief and passion about the importance of helping children and families to become healthy and stay healthy. Two areas of particular interest are childhood immunizations and childhood obesity. As stated earlier, prevention is the key to becoming a healthier nation. Both acute and chronic illness can be prevented through effective immunization programs and prevention of obesity through healthy lifestyle choices; Dr. Niederhauser has focused her research in these important areas. Most recently, she has been working on the development and psychometric evaluation of an instrument to measure parental barriers to immunizations. The SHOTS (Searching for Hardship and Obstacles To Shots) survey has undergone the initial psychometric evaluation with encouraging findings; further testing of this instrument is planned.

 

Teaching Topics: Pediatric Primary Care, Advanced P[ractice Clinical, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Quantitative Methods

Recent Awards and Publications:
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners State Award for Excellence, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, March 2006; Army Commander's Award for Civilian Service Metal, 25th Infantry (Light) Division Artillery Brigade, June 2002 Books
Niederhauser, V. (2007). Core Review for Primary Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, Volume Editor. Philadelphia: Elsevier Mosby

Book Chapter:
Niederhauser, V.(2006). Childhood Immunizations. Core Curriculum for Primary Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioners. N. A. Ryan-Wenger (Ed.). Philadelphia: Elsevier Mosby

Niederhauser, V.P. (2005). Pediatric Primary Care, Chapter 40, in Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice, 8th edition. S. Nettina, editor. Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia.

Niederhauser, V. (2005). Testing Ethical Principles in Jaliut. Making a Difference: Stories from the Point of Care II. S Hudacek, ed. Sigma Theta Tau International, Indianapolis.

Niederhauser, V.P. (2005). Pediatric Primary Care, Chapter 40, in Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice, 8th edition. S. Nettina, editor. Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia.

Peer Reviewed Journals:
Asselsteine, R & Niederhauser, V. (2008, in press). Factors Associated with Racially and Ethnically Diverse Children & Adolescents Immunization Rates in a Community Health Center. Trends in Nursing Research, Nova Science Publishers.

Kagihara, L., Niederhauser, V., & Stark, M. (2008, in press). Assessment, Management, and Prevention of Early Childhood Caries. Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.

Cramer-Bertram, C. & Niederhauser, V. (2008, in press). Understanding Human Papillomavirus: An Internet survey of knowledge, risk and experience among female and male college students in Hawaii. American Journal of Health Education

Niederhauser, V., Walters, M & Ganeko, R. (2007). Simple Solutions to complex issues: Minimizing disparities in childhood immunization rates by providing walk-in shot clinic access. Family & Community Health Journal.

Niederhauser, V & Markowitz, M. (2007). Barriers to Immunizations: Multiethnic Parents of Under- and Un- immunized Children Speak. Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. Vol 19, No 1

Niederhauser, V. (2006). Seven Strategies for Successful Surveys. Journal of Pediatric Nursing Care. 20 (3). 210-213.

Niederhauser, V & Stark, M. (Sept/Oct 2005). Narrowing the Gap in Childhood Immunization Disparities. Pediatric Nursing. 31 (5). 380-86. Can be accessed at http://www.pediatricnursing.net/ce/2007/article10380388.pdf

Niederhauser, V. & Kohr, L. (2005). Research Endeavors among Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (REAP) Study. Journal of Pediatric Nursing Care. Vol 19 (2), pp 80-89.

Niederhauser, V., Maddock, J, LeDoux, F. & Arnold, M. (2005). Building Strong and Ready Families Army Families: A Multi-Risk Reduction/Health Promotion Pilot Study. Military Medicine. Vol 170, pp 227-233

Niederhauser, V. & Arnold, M., (2004). Assessing health risk status and readiness to change behaviors using a family focused health risk assessment. The Nurse Practitioner-American Journal of Primary Health Care, 29 (2), pp 35-42.

Niederhauser, V.P., Baruffi, G, & Heck. R. (2001). Parental decision-making for varicella vaccine Journal of Pediatric Nursing Care, 15 (1), pp 246-243.

Niederhauser, V.P., Bigley, M.B., Hale, J., & Harper, D. (1999). Cybercases: an innovation in internet education, Journal of Nursing Education, 38( 9), pp 415-418.

Niederhauser, V.P. (1999). Varicella, the vaccine and the public health debate, The Nurse Practitioner-American Journal of Primary Health Care,24, (3), pp 74-84.