Madeleine Kerr

Madeleine Kerr, PhD Associate Professor, School of Nursing Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Public Health Affiliate Faculty, Institute for Health Informatics Telephone Number: 612-625-2669 FAX Number: 612-625-7091 E-mail Address: kerrx010@umn.edu Office Location: 6-119B Weaver-Densford Hall

Co-operative Membership:
Population Health and Systems 

Mailing Address:
School of Nursing
University of Minnesota
5-140 Weaver-Densford Hall
308 Harvard Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Educational Background:

B.Sc.N., 1971, Nursing, McGill University
M.S., 1983, Nursing, Northern Illinois University
Ph.D., 1994, Nursing, The University of Michigan

Teaching Areas:

Health informatics, nursing research & program evaluation.

Research Interests:

Specialty areas include worker health promotion and protection, intervention effectiveness research, preventing noise-induced hearing loss, Pender Health Promotion Model. Dr. Kerr's current research focus is developing and testing theory-based health promotion interventions with special populations of workers. (Recent grants and selected publications are listed below.)

Research and Education Grants:

Title of Project: Latino-based Multimedia to Prevent Noise Induced Hearing Loss
Funding Agency: NIH (R25)
Role: Principal Investigator
Project Dates: 4/1/04-3/31/07

Title of Project: Public Health Nursing Field Experiences
Funding Agency: HRSA
Role: Program Director
Project Dates: 7/1/03-6/30/04

Title of Project: Intervention to Prevent Construction Worker Hearing Loss
Funding Agency: NIOSH
Role: Principal Investigator
Project Dates: 9/30/97-9/29/01

Title of Project: Development of an Instrument to Measure Noise Annoyance
Funding Agency: University of Minnesota, Graduate School
Role: Principal Investigator
Project Dates: 12/16/ 96-9/15/98

Selected Publications:

McCullagh, M. C., Raymond, D., Kerr, M. J., & Lusk, S. L. (2011). Prevalence of hearing loss and accuracy of self-report among factory workers. Noise & Health. 13(54), 340-347.

Monsen, K. A., Radosevich, D. M., Kerr, M. J., & Fulkerson, J. A. (2011). Public Health Nurses Tailor Interventions for Families at Risk. Public Health Nursing, 28(2), 119-128.

Monsen, K. A., Westra, B. L., Oancea, S. C., Yu, F., & Kerr, M. J. (2011). Linking home care interventions and hospitalization outcomes for frail and non-frail elderly patients. Research in Nursing & Health, 34(2), 160-168.

Monsen, K. A., Westra, B. L., Yu, F., Ramadoss, V. K., & Kerr, M. J. (2009). Data management for intervention effectiveness research: comparing deductive and inductive approaches. Research in Nursing & Health, 32(6), 647-656.

Kerr, M. J., Savik, K., Monsen, K. A., & Lusk, S. L. (2007). Effectiveness of computer-based tailoring versus targeting to promote use of hearing protection. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 39(1), 80-97.

Robertson, C., Kerr, M. J., Garcia, C., & Halterman, E. (2007). Noise and hearing protection: Latino construction workers’ experiences. AAOHN Journal, 55(4), 153-160.

Monsen, K. A., & Kerr, M. J. (2004). Mining quality documentation data for golden outcomes. Home Health Care Management & Practice, 16(3), 192-199.

Kerr, M. J., McCullagh, M., Savik, K., & Dvorak, L. A. (2003). Perceived and measured hearing ability in construction laborers and farmers. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 44(4), 431-437.

Kerr, M. J., Lusk, S. L., & Ronis, D. L. (2002). Explaining Mexican American workers' hearing protection use with the health promotion model. Nursing Research, 51(2), 100-109.

Kerr, M. J., Brosseau, L., & Johnson, C. S. (2002). Noise levels of selected construction tasks. AIHA Journal: A Journal for the Science of Occupational & Environmental Health & Safety, 63(3), 334-339.

Kerr, M. J. (2001). Work force diversity (editorial). AAOHN Journal, 49(1), 13.

Kerr, M. J., Struthers, R., & Huynh, N. (2001). Work force diversity: Implications for occupational health nursing. AAOHN Journal, 49(1), 14-20.

Center Membership:

Center for Child and Family Health Promotion Research