Cheryl L. Robertson, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN

• Co-operative Membership:
  Population Health and Systems
  Child and Family Health
• Center Memberships:
  Center for Child and Family Health Promotion Research
  Center for Spirituality and Healing

Refugee health; War trauma and torture; Strength-based interventions; Global public health; Eco-health strategies in Central/Eastern Africa

Research and Education Grants:

Title of Project: Community Coping Intervention for Somali Refugee Women

Role: Principal Investigator
Funding Agency: NINR-R21
Project Dates: 2010-2013

Title of Project: RESPOND Global Program for Outbreaks of Emergent Zoonotic Diseases
Role: West Congo Basin University Lead
Funding Agency: USAID Emerging Pandemic Threat Program
Project Dates: 2009-2014

Title of Project: Liberian Faith Leaders Promoting Healing Among Traumatized Parishioners
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding Agency: Office of Refugee Resettlement
Project Dates: 2008-2011

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: 10/2008-10/2009

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: 9/1/2004-6/31/2006

Title of Project: Latino-based Multimedia to Prevent Noise Induced Hearing Loss
Funding Agency: NIH (R25)
Role: co-Principal Investigator
Project Dates: 4/1/2004-3/31/2007

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: 1/1/2004-12/31/2005

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: 7/1/2002-2/31/2004

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:

• Halcon, L., Robertson, C., & Monsen, K. (2010). Evaluation of a health realization intervention for Somali and Oromo refugee women. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 15(5), 408-415
• Weine, S., Horgan, J., Robertson, C., Loue, S., Mohamed, A., & Noor, S. (2010). Combating the radicalization of U.S. Somali youth: A psychosocial perspective on counterterrorism. Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict, 2(3), 181-200.
• 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.