Additional General Rabies Education Resources
The primary focus of BRET is bat rabies education, but we also recognize the importance of educating about rabies in general. While this page is not meant to be an inclusive list of general rabies materials, it does contain some helpful general rabies information.
Podcasts:
Credit: Robert Herriman interviewing Peter Costa, Outbreak News Today (1/17/18)
Coloring Books:
Credit: Dr. Maria Correa, North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine
Videos:
Credit: Nat Geo Live
News Highlights:
Fact Sheets:
Credit: American Veterinary Medical Association
Fliers / Brochures:
Credit: American Veterinary Medical Association
Credit: U.S. CDC
Publications and Guidance Documents:
Assessing rabies knowledge gaps in human and animal healthcare professionals practicing in Washington, DC- A one health approach, Hennenfent, AK, Lyengar, P, Davies-Cole J (2018), Zoonoses Public Health. 2018 Dec;65(8):947-956. doi: 10.1111/zph.12514. Epub 2018 Aug 11.
Current status of rabies and prospects for elimination, Fooks, AR, Banyard, AC, Horton, DL, Johnson, N, McElhinney, LM, and Jackson AC (2014), Lancet Oct 11 384(9951): 1389-99.
Impact of Integrating Rabies Education Into the Curriculum of Public Elementary Schools in Ilocos Norte, Philippines on Rabies Knowledge, and Animal Bite Incidence, Amparo ACB, Mendoza ECB, Licuan DA, Valenzuela LM, Madalipay JD, Jayme SI, Taylor LH. Front Public Health. 2019 May 24;7:119. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2019.00119. PMID: 31179257; PMCID: PMC6543910.
Protecting children from rabies with education and pre-exposure prophylaxis: A school-based campaign in El Nido, Palawan, Philippines, Deray R, Rivera C, Gripon S, Ulanday C, Roces MC, Amparo AC, Attlan M, Demont C, Kieffer A, Miranda ME.. PLoS One. 2018 Jan 2;13(1):e0189596. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0189596. PMID: 29293571; PMCID: PMC5749686.
Rabies in the Caribbean: A Situational Analysis and Historic Review, Seetahal JFR, Vokaty A, Vigilato MAN, et al. Trop Med Infect Dis. 2018;3(3):89. Published 2018 Aug 20. doi:10.3390/tropicalmed3030089
Rabies surveillance in the United States during 2020, Ma X, Bonaparte S, Toro M, Orciari LA, Gigante CM, et al., J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2022 May 5;260(10):1157-1165. doi: 10.2460/javma.22.03.0112. PMID: 35522584.
Vaccinating children in high-endemic rabies regions: what are we waiting for? Soentjens P, Berens-Riha N, Van Herrewege Y, Van Damme P, Bottieau E, Ravinetto R, BMJ Glob Health. 2021 Feb;6(2):e004074. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-004074. PMID: 33568394; PMCID: PMC7878157.
Other Helpful Organizations and Websites:
If you or your organization have more General Rabies Education materials that would be useful to the public please let BRET know batrabies@onehealthcommission.org
