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Linda L Halcón, PhD MPH RN
 Position: Director of Undergraduate Studies
Organization: School of Nursing
Office Address:
5-101 WDH, Del Code 1331
308 Harvard Street
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Home Address:
5955 Country Club Rd
Excelsior, MN 55331
Office Phone: 612-626-6450
Office Fax: 612-625-7091
Home Phone: 952-470-4225
Mobile Phone: 612-382-6142
Email Address: halco001@umn.edu
Educational Background
BSN - University of Minnesota School of Nursing
MPH - University of Minnesota School of Public Health
PhD - School of Public Health, University of Minnesota (Epidemiology)
Brief Biography
Linda L. Halcón, PhD, MPH, RN is a faculty member of the Center for Spirituality & Healing and Director of Graduate Studies for Graduate Minor in Complementary Therapies and Healing Practices. She is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Integrative, Global & Public Health Co-operative in the School of Nursing and an adjunct faculty member in the School of Public Health (epidemiology).
Dr. Halcón is engaged in a research program to test tea tree oil (Melaleuca alternifolia) as a treatment for wounds with Staphylococcus aureus. She completed a pilot feasibility study and a recruitment pilot study in preparation for studies to determine mechanisms of action and efficacy. Dr. Halcón recently completed an NIH-NINR funded project using a Health Realization stress and coping intervention among Somali and Oromo trauma survivors.
Teaching Areas
Clinical Aromatherapy
Leadership
Research Dissemination
Research Interests
Essential Oil Therapy (aromatherapy)
Complementary therapies and holistic approaches in public health
Health Realization as a stress and coping intervention
Selected Publications
Halcón, L., Robertson, C., Monson, K. & Claypatch, C. A theoretical framework for using Health Realization to Reduce Stress and Coping in Refugee Communities. (Journal of Holistic Nursing accepted May 5, 2007)
Chlan, L., Halcón, L., Kreitzer, M.J. & Leonard, B. (2005). Influence of an experiential education session on nursing students¿ confidence levels in performing selected complementary therapies. Complementary Health Practice Review, 10(3), 189-201.
Halcón, L. , Milkus, K. (2004). Staphylococcus aureus and wounds: A review of tea tree oil (Melaleuca alternifolia) as a promising antimicrobial. American Journal of Infection Control, 32(7), 402-408.
Halcón¿s role: Primary author of this review article, assembled and critiqued existing research as background for AHC grant-funded research and related IND submission to the FDA
Halcón, L., Chlan, L., Kreitzer, M.J., Leonard, B. (2003). Faculty and student beliefs/attitudes about complementary therapies and healing practices: Implications for nursing education. Journal of Professional Nursing, 19(6), 387-397.
Halcón¿s role: Co- investigator of the broader research project from which these data on nursing students and faculty were obtained, developed research questions for these analyses, primary author of manuscript, responded to reviewer comments.
Halcón, L. (2002). Aromatherapy: Therapeutic applications of plant essential oils. Minnesota Medicine; 85(11),42-46.
Halcón¿s role: Sole author, summary of clinical issues in essential oil therapy for health care providers.
Halcón, L.L., Leonard, B., Snyder, M., Garwick, A. & Kreitzer, M.J. Incorporating alternative and complementary health practices within university-based nursing education. (2001). Complementary Health Practice Review; 6(2):127-135.
Braun, C.A., Halcón, L.L. & Bearinger, L.H. (2000). Adolescent use of alternative and complementary therapies: A framework for research. Journal of Holistic Nursing;18(2),176-191.
Halcón, L. & Buckle, J. Aromatherapy. (2006). M. Snyder & R. Lindquist (Eds.). Complementary/Alternative Therapies for Nursing, 5th Ed. New York: Springer Publishing Co.
Ringdahl, D. & Halcón, L. Reiki.(2006). M. Snyder & R. Lindquist (Eds.). Complementary/Alternative Therapies for Nursing, 5th Ed. New York: Springer Publishing Co.
Halcón, L. & Levitan, A. (2002). Aromatherapy: The therapeutic use of essential oils. In M.Herring & M. Roberts (Eds.). Complementary & Alternative Medicine: Fast Facts for Medical Practice. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing. Halcón¿s role: Primary author, drafting chapter and responding to editor¿s comments.
Cheung, C., Wyman, J.F. & Halcón, L.L. Use of complementary and alternative therapies in community-dwelling older adults: A literature review. (August 2007 accepted by Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine)
Halcón, L. (2007). Commentary on "Searching for Circles-of-Meaning and using spiritual experiences to help parents of infants with life threatening illness cope." Journal of Holistic Nursing, 25(1), 50-51.
Robertson, C., Halcón, L., Savik, K., Johnson, D., Westermeyer, J., Butcher, J. & Jaranson, J. (2006) Somali and Oromo refugee women: Trauma and associated factors. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 56(6), 577-587.
Halcón, L., Robertson, C., Monson, K. & Claypatch, C. (2007) A theoretical framework for using Health Realization to Reduce Stress and Coping in Refugee Communities. Journal of Holistic Nursing, 25(3), 186-194
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