Health Educators
Also called: Health Educator, Public Health Educator, Clinical Instructor, Community Health Consultant
What they do:
Provide and manage health education programs that help individuals, families, and their communities maximize and maintain healthy lifestyles. Collect and analyze data to identify community needs prior to planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating programs designed to encourage healthy lifestyles, policies, and environments. May serve as a resource to assist individuals, other healthcare workers, or the community, and may administer fiscal resources for health education programs.
On the job, you would:
- Develop and present health education and promotion programs, such as training workshops, conferences, and school or community presentations.
- Develop and maintain cooperative working relationships with agencies and organizations interested in public health care.
- Develop educational materials and programs for community agencies, local government, and state government.
Education and Training
Arts and Humanities
Business
Communications
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Basic Skills
Social
Problem Solving
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Verbal
Ideas and Logic
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People interested in this work like activities that include
helping people, teaching, and talking. They do well at jobs that need:
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You might use software like this on the job: Web page creation and editing software
Data base user interface and query software
Spreadsheet software
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You might like a career in one of these industries:
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See more details at O*NET OnLine about health educators.