Dolores Severtson, RN, PhD

Title:Assistant Professor
Phone: (608) 263-5311
E-mail: djsevert@wisc.edu
Support Staff:Kay Martin
Office Address:

H6/295 CSC
600 Highland Avenue
Madison, WI 53792-2455

Education:

Description of Research Focus:

I am interested in promoting informed environmental health actions by supporting the development of evidence-based and user-centered information that can be provided within environmental public health systems.  I use the Common Sense Model of Self Regulation as an organizing framework to (1) explore the differential influence of environmental health information and perceived sensory-experiences, and (2) evaluate how informational interventions are related to beliefs, affect and actions.  Current work examines how concrete visual images, for example images of laboratory test results and groundwater maps, influence these outcomes.  My research has focused on water quality and safety information.

Teaching/Course Responsibilities:
(excluding independent study courses)

Honors and Awards/Professional Service:

Representative Publications:

Severtson, D. J., Pape, L., Page, C. D., Jr., Shavlik, J., Phillips, G. N., Jr., Brennan, P. F. (2007) Biomedical Informatics Training at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. C. A. Kulikowski (Ed.) IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics 2007. Stuggart, Germany: Schattauer Verlag. (in press).

Severtson, D. J., Baumann, L. C., & Brown, R. L. (2006). Applying a health behavior theory to explore the influence of information and experience on arsenic risk representations, policy beliefs, and protective behavior. Risk Analysis, 26(2), 353-368.  

Brennan PF, Burke L, Casper G, Sebern M, Krause C, Kossman S, Severtson D, Murphy J. Creating technology-enhanced practice: A university-home care-corporate alliance. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 2006;122: 644-648.

Kossman, S., Casper, G. R., Severtson, D. J., Grenier, A. S., Or, C., Carayon, P., Brennan, P. F. Designing study nurses’ training to enhance research integrity: A macroergonomic approach. Proceedings of the 9th Annual meeting of the American Medical Informatics Association. Washington DC. November 10 - 14, 2006.

Severtson, D. J., Baumann, L. C., Shepard, R. L. (2005).  A Utilization-Focused and Theory-based Evaluation of an Arsenic Well Testing Program. 2004 Best Education Practices (BEP) for Water Outreach Professionals Symposium. Paper available at  http://wateroutreach.uwex.edu/documents/Severtsonfinalpaper5_05.pdf

Severtson, D.J., Baumann, L.C., & Will, J.A (2002). A participatory assessment of environmental health concerns in an Ojibwa community. Public Health Nursing 19(1), 47-58.