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Job Description


	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.

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Job Requirements


	Experience: A minimum of two to four years of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.

	Education: Most of these occupations require a four - year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

	Training: Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.

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Significant Points


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	Health Educators

51 percent of health educators work in healthcare and social assistance, and an additional 23 percent work in government. A bachelor's degree is the minimum requirement for entry-level jobs, but a master's degree may be required for certain positions or for advancement. Faster than average job growth is expected.
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Top Ten Industries

U.S. National Figures.

Health Educators
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	11,050
Local Government (excluding schools and hospitals)	6,420
Individual and Family Services	5,290
Outpatient Care Centers	3,770
State Government (excluding schools and hospitals)	3,420
Grantmaking and Giving Services	3,270
Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	3,050
Offices of Physicians	2,640
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	2,280
Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	1,420

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Salaries

U.S. National Averages.

Related Majors & Degrees

Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication
	Health Communication
Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences (Cert, MS, PhD)
	Dental Public Health and Education (Cert, MS / MPH, PhD / DPH)
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
	Community Health Services / Liaison / Counseling
Public Health
	Maternal and Child Health
	Public Health Education and Promotion
	International Public Health / International Health
	Public Health, General (MPH, DPH)

Interesting Fact

Before becoming an actor, Bob Newhart worked as an accountant.

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