Health educator

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 or training setting. Health educators may work as independent consultants or in health departments, community organizations, businesses , hospitals, schools, or governments agencies. Health Educators often:

·        Perform health training needs assessments.

·        Design and develop health education programs

·        Publish health educations materials, information papers, and grant proposals.

·        Develop health education curriculum

·        Teach health in public and private schools.

Average Salary: $20,000-$35,000

Educational Requirements:

Students should take college preparatory courses during high school.

Health educator have , as a minimum, a bachelor’s degree in health education. Many have master’s degree. To certified 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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I Would not want to be one because you need to take a high class and I think that it going to be hard to pass with a good grade and also because this career doesn’t really speak to me