User profiles for Melissa Castillo

Melissa Davey Castillo

University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
Verified email at uwm.edu
Cited by 92

Sleep problems and symptomology in children with autism

…, MC Lopez-Wagner, MM Castillo - Focus on Autism …, 2005 - journals.sagepub.com
The present study was carried out to further our understanding of the relationship between
children's specific sleep difficulties and the diagnostic criteria for autism and, thereby, to …

Enhancing usability of digital libraries: Designing help features to support blind and visually impaired users

I Xie, R Babu, TH Lee, MD Castillo, S You… - Information Processing …, 2020 - Elsevier
Blind and visually impaired (BVI) users experience vulnerabilities in digital library (DL)
environments largely due to limitations in DL design that prevent them from effectively interacting …

The family crisis migration stress framework: A framework to understand the mental health effects of crisis migration on children and families caused by disasters

…, MM Maldonado‐Molina, MN Castillo… - New directions for …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Crisis migration refers to displacement of large numbers of individuals and families from
their home countries due to wars, dictatorial governments, and other critical hazards (eg, …

[HTML][HTML] Convergence of climate-driven hurricanes and COVID-19: The impact of 2020 hurricanes Eta and Iota on Nicaragua

…, A Maggioni, VAP Escobar, MN Castillo… - The journal of climate …, 2021 - Elsevier
The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season was notable for a record-setting 30 named storms while,
contemporaneously, the COVID-19 pandemic was circumnavigating the globe. The active …

Self-care and beyond: A brief literature review from a Christian perspective

SY Tan, M Castillo - Journal of Psychology and Christianity, 2014 - search.proquest.com
increase excitement and reduce boredom; dealing with ambiguous professional loss by
minimizing it; learning to refuse unreasonable requests (see Skovholt 2001, pp. 206-7, pp. 130-…

Identification of factors associated with blind users' help‐seeking situations in interacting with digital libraries

I Xie, R Babu, MD Castillo, H Han - Journal of the Association …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A sight‐centered digital library (DL) design with complex structures and multimedia formats
poses significant challenges for blind users. This study is the first attempt to investigate the …

Patient-refined messaging for a mailed colorectal cancer screening program: findings from the PROMPT study

…, DB Nyongesa, MC Leo, M Castillo… - The Journal of the …, 2019 - Am Board Family Med
Background: Improving uptake of colorectal cancer screening has the potential of saving
thousands of lives. We compared the effectiveness of automated and live prompts and …

Upholding multilingual learners' civil rights under ESSA: State education agency leaders and the contextual factors shaping their work

M Hopkins, H Weddle, M Castillo… - American Journal of …, 2022 - journals.uchicago.edu
Purpose: Alongside the inequities surfaced by COVID-19, a confluence of demographic and
policy-related shifts over the last few decades has elevated the education of multilingual …

SARS outbreaks in Ontario, Hong Kong and Singapore: the role of diagnosis and isolation as a control mechanism

…, MA Castillo-Garsow, C Castillo-Chavez - Journal of theoretical …, 2003 - Elsevier
In this article we use global and regional data from the SARS epidemic in conjunction with a
model of susceptible, exposed, infective, diagnosed, and recovered classes of people (“…

Developing patient-refined messaging for a mailed colorectal cancer screening program in a Latino-based community health center

…, LA Michaels, JS Rivelli, ML Castillo… - The Journal of the …, 2019 - Am Board Family Med
Introduction: Colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States,
and screening rates are disproportionately low among Latinos. One factor thought to …