Cheryl Robertson

Cheryl Robertson, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN Associate Professor Telephone Number: 612-624-5412 FAX Number: 612-625-7091 E-mail Address: rober007@umn.edu Office Location: 6-187 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:

ADN, 1978, Nursing, Yavapai College, Arizona
BA, 1980, Anthropology and Ibero American Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison
MPH, 1988, Public Health Nursing, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
PhD, 2000, Nursing, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Teaching Areas:

Refugee experience
War and Health
Public health in developing countries
Population focused assessment
 

Research Interests:

Refugee family health; trauma, stress and coping; community-based interventions. (Recent grants and selected publications are listed below.)

Research and Education Grants:

Title of Project: Understanding Somali Refugees' Perceptions of Mental Health Care: A Focused Ethnography
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding Agency:  University Medical School, Department of Health Disparities
Project Dates: 10/08-10/09

Title of Project: Modeling Psychological Functioning in Refugees
Funding Agency: NIH-NINR-P20 Center for Health Trajectory Research Pilot Program (Wyman)
Role: Principal Investigator
Project Dates: 2006-2007

Title of Project: Innovative Stress Interventions in Refugees: Pilot Test
Funding Agency: NIH (R15)
Role: co-Principa Investigator
Project Dates: 9/1/04-6/31/06

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

Title of Project: West Bank Mother-to-Mother Intervention: Parenting Support for Somali and Oromo Mothers
Funding Agency: UMN President's Faculty Multicultural Research Award
Role: Principal Investigator
Project Dates: 1/1/04-12/31/05

Title of Project: Evaluation of Effectiveness of a Community-Based Parenting Support Program for Somali & Oromo Mothers
Funding Agency: Katharine J. Densford International Center for Nursing Leadership
Role: Principal Investigator
Project Dates: 9/03-8/04

Title of Project: Measuring Resilience Among East African Refugee War Trauma Survivors
Funding Agency: Grant-in-Aid, U of Minnesota Graduate School
Role: Principal Investigator
Project Dates: 7/1/02-2/31/04

Title of Project: Population-Based Survey of Torture and Violence in Somali and Ethiopian Refugee Community
Funding Agency: Div. of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, U of Minnesota
Role: Co-Investigator
Project Dates: 1998-2003

Selected Publications:

McCullagh, M., Robertson, C. (2009). Too late smart: Farmer's adoption of self-protective behavior in response to exposure to hazardous noise. AAOHN Journal, 57(3), 99-105.

Robertson, C., O'Boyle, C., Conn, S. (2009). The use of qualitative research methods in healthcare epidemiology. APIC Text of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Washington, DC.  Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc.

Robertson, C., Duckett, L. (2007). Mothering during war and post-war in Bosnia. Journal of Family Nursing, 13(4),461-483.

Halcón, L., Robertson, C., Monson, K., Jindahl, B., Claypatch, C. (2007). A theoretical framework for using health realization to reduce stress and improve coping in refugee communities. Journal of Holistic Nursing, 25(3), 186-194. 

Robertson, C., Kerr, M.J., Garcia, C., & Halterman, E. (2007).  Noise and hearing protection: Latino  construction workers’ experiences. AAOHN Journal, 55(4), 1-8. 

Robertson, C., Halcón, L., Savik, K., Johnson, D., Spring, M., Butcher, J., Westermeyer, J., Jaranson, J. (2006). Somali and Oromo refugee women:  Trauma and associated factors.  Journal of Advanced Nursing, 56(6), 577-587.

O’Boyle C., Robertson C., Secor-Turner M. (2006). Nurses' beliefs about public health emergencies: Fear of abandonment. American Journal of Infection Control, 34(6), 351-357.

O’Boyle C., Robertson C., Secor-Turner M. (2006). Public health emergencies: Nurses'  recommendations for effective actions. AAOHN Journal, 54(8), 347-353.

Halcón, L. L., Robertson, C. L., Savik, K., Johnson, D. R., Spring, M. A., Butcher, J. N., Westermeyer, J. J., & Jaranson, J. M. (2004). Trauma and coping in Somali and Oromo refugee youth. Journal of Adolescent Health, 35(1), 17-25.

Jaranson, J. M., Butcher, J., Halcón, L., Johnson, D. R., Robertson, C., Savik, K., Spring, M., & Westermeyer, J. (2004). Somali and Oromo refugees: Correlates of torture and trauma history. American Journal of Public Health, 94(4), 591-598.

Spring, M., Westermeyer, J., Halcon, L., Savik, K., Robertson, C., Johnson, D., Butcher, J., Jaranson, J. (2003). Sampling in Difficult to Access Refugee and Immigrant Communities. Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases. 191(12), 813-819.

Robertson, C. (2000). Healing the community after torture and repression. In National Alliance for Multicultural Mental Health. Lessons From the Field: Issues and Resources in Refugee Mental Health. Washington, D.C.: Immigration and Refugee Services of America.

Robertson, C., Pham, H., Bond, J., Graham, K., & Samuel, S. (1999). Case study: Uganda. In Pham, H., & Arnison, N. (Eds). Global child survival: A human rights priority: Case Studies of Child Mortality in Uganda, Mexico and the United States. Minneapolis, MN: Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights.

Robertson, C., & Plakeney, P. (1997). Assessment of the Social Service and Health Care System in Sarajevo Canton, United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and Catholic Relief Services, Sarajevo, Bosnia.

Holtan, N., & Robertson, C. (1992). Scarcity among plenty. Torture, 2(1), 11. Copenhagen, International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims.

Center Memberships:

Center for Child and Family Health Promotion Research
Center for Spirituality and Healing