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

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:

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

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: Modeling Psychological Functioning in Refugees
Role: P.I. Expert
Funding Agency: NIH-NINR-P20 Center for Health Trajectory Research Pilot Program (Wyman)
Project Dates: 2006-2007

Title of Project: Innovative Stress Interventions in Refugees: Pilot Test
Funding Agency: NIH (R15)
Role: co-PI
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:

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.

O'Boyle, C., & Robertson, C. (2005). Qualitative analysis. In APIC (Ed.), APIC text of infection control and epidemiology (2nd ed., pp. 30-1-30-9). Washington, DC: Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology.

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