@article{28103,
  keywords = {Neglected tropical diseases (NDTs), Education, Civic engagement},
  author = {Bonney KM},
  title = {Promoting civic engagement with neglected tropical disease education.},
  abstract = {<p>Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) affect over one billion people globally creating a public health burden that has far reaching implications for the fields of economics, politics, sociology, and science. Educating students and the public about relevant risks, implications, and treatments is a key component of reducing the public health burden associated with NTDs. Furthermore, teaching and learning about NTDs provides myriad opportunities to incorporate interdisciplinary teaching, active learning, and civic engagement into a broad range of courses throughout grade school, high school, college. However, despite the importance of NTD-focused education, few educational programs sufficiently emphasize this topic. Presented here is an overview of NTDs, a brief rationale for broadening inclusion of NTDs in a variety of educational settings, and a series of suggestions for promoting civic engagement with NTD education.</p>
},
  year = {2016},
  journal = {Brazilian Journal of Biological Sciences},
  volume = {3},
  pages = {23–26},
  url = {http://revista.rebibio.net/v3n5/v03n05a02.html},
  doi = {10.21472/bjbs.030502},
  language = {eng},
}