Health educator
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Duties and responsibilities:
Health
educators provide information on health and health related issues. They can
assess health training needs and plan health education programs. They may
specialize according to specific health concerns, illnesses, or work or
training settings. Health educators may work as independent consults or in
health departments, community organizations, businesses, hospitals, schools or
government agencies. Health educators often:
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Perform health
training needs assessments.
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Design and develop
health education programs.
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Publish health
education materials, information papers, and grant proposals.
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Develop health
education curriculum
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Teach health in
public and provide schools.
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Average Salary: $20,000 - $35,000
Educational Requirements:
Students should take college
preparatory courses during high school.
Health educators have, as a
minimum, a bachelor’s degree in health education. Many have
Have master’s degree. To be
certified or licensed to teach health in public schools requires master’s
degrees. To certificate or licensed to teach health in public schools requires a
master’s degree and successful completion of a written exam in many states.
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