HEALTH EDUCATOR
Duties and responsibilities:
Promote, maintain,
and improve individual and community health by assisting individuals and
communities to adopt healthy behaviors. Collect and analyze data to identify community
needs prior to planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating.
Salary:
41,830 USD
2012
Median pay
(hourly): 20.11 USD
(2012)
Projected
10-year growth: 21%
(2012)
Number of
jobs: 99,400 (2012)
Education:
A certified
health education specialist is a health educator who has passed a test in order
to demonstrate competency and academic knowledge in the field. These
professionals tend to work at nonprofit organizations and schools, teaching the
public how to live healthy lifestyles.
Demand or need
for this profession:
Course work is designed to provide practical knowledge and
skills in the areas of curriculum development, design and assessment, academic
leadership, education technology, statistics and research. Graduates of the
program become health educators, university faculty or university
administrators.
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