Occupations/21-1091.00
Health Education Specialists
Provide and manage health education programs that help individuals, families, and their communities maximize and maintain healthy lifestyles. Use data to identify community needs prior to planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating programs designed to encourage healthy lifestyles, policies, and environments. May link health systems, health providers, insurers, and patients to address individual and population health needs. May serve as resource to assist individuals, other health professionals, or the community, and may administer fiscal resources for health education programs.
Usually a four-year bachelor’s degree.
AI automation risk
36%
More resilient
Human characteristics
69%
Strong human-characteristic mix
Task orientation
46%
Mixed exposure
A day in this job
- Mostly human
Develop and maintain cooperative working relationships with agencies and organizations interested in public health care.
- Mostly routine
Document activities and record information, such as the numbers of applications completed, presentations conducted, and persons assisted.
- Mostly human
Develop and present health education and promotion programs, such as training workshops, conferences, and school or community presentations.
Split from the wording of these tasks, shown next to the occupation’s AI risk. It is not a separate score for each task, and it is not a forecast that the job disappears.
Core tasks
- 01Prepare and distribute health education materials, such as reports, bulletins, and visual aids, to address smoking, vaccines, and other public health concerns.
- 02Develop and maintain cooperative working relationships with agencies and organizations interested in public health care.
- 03Maintain databases, mailing lists, telephone networks, and other information to facilitate the functioning of health education programs.
- 04Document activities and record information, such as the numbers of applications completed, presentations conducted, and persons assisted.
- 05Develop and present health education and promotion programs, such as training workshops, conferences, and school or community presentations.
- 06Collaborate with health specialists and civic groups to determine community health needs and the availability of services and to develop goals for meeting needs.
Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)
- Repeating same tasks3.55
- Degree of automation1.57
- Time sitting3.56
- Originality (ability)3.25
- Conflict situations3.51
- Hands-on objects/tools1.71
- Outdoors / weather1.66
- Disease exposure3.00
- Decision freedom4.42
Top abilities
- Oral Expression4.25
- Written Expression4.00
- Written Comprehension4.00
- Speech Clarity4.00
- Oral Comprehension4.00
- Inductive Reasoning3.88
- Speech Recognition3.75
- Problem Sensitivity3.75
Essential skills
- Reading Comprehension3.75
- Active Listening4.12
- Writing4.12
- Speaking4.12
- Mathematics2.12
- Science2.50
- Critical Thinking3.75
- Active Learning3.88
- Learning Strategies4.00
- Monitoring3.25
CIP matches
Schools offering related programs
12 of 83 shown
Earnings are College Scorecard medians for that program, 1 and 2 years after completion. A dash means the Department suppressed the cell or the campus is not in the field file.
| Institution | Program | Tuition | Admit | Grad 6-yr | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
New York University New York, NY · Private nonprofit | Dental Public Health and Education 51.0504 | $60,400 | 12% | 88% | 1 yr $210,514 2 yr $178,151 Professional · CIP 51.05 |
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI · Public | Dental Public Health and Education 51.0504 | $17,700 | 18% | 93% | 1 yr $190,536 2 yr $178,741 Master's · CIP 51.05 |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC · Public | Dental Public Health and Education 51.0504 | $9,000 | 17% | 91% | 1 yr $185,818 2 yr — Master's · CIP 51.05 |
Lincoln College of Technology-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN · Private for-profit | Dental Public Health and Education 51.0504 | $18,600 | 100% | 64% | 1 yr $176,087 2 yr — Master's · CIP 51.05 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA · Private nonprofit | Dental Public Health and Education 51.0504 | $60,100 | 4% | 96% | 1 yr $154,855 2 yr $174,023 Graduate certificate · CIP 51.05 |
Georgetown University Washington, DC · Private nonprofit | Health Communication 09.0905 | $65,400 | 12% | 95% | 1 yr $75,795 2 yr $73,272 Master's · CIP 09.09 |
City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College Chicago, IL · Public | Health Communication 09.0905 | $4,600 | 100% | 27% | 1 yr $70,776 2 yr $87,754 Master's · CIP 09.09 |
Emory University Atlanta, GA · Private nonprofit | Public Health, General 51.2201 | $60,800 | 11% | 91% | 1 yr $55,997 2 yr $57,133 Master's · CIP 51.22 |
Boston University Boston, MA · Private nonprofit | Health Communication 09.0905 | $65,200 | 14% | 89% | 1 yr $55,383 2 yr $58,479 Master's · CIP 09.09 |
Howard University Washington, DC · Private nonprofit | Health Communication 09.0905 | $33,200 | 53% | 65% | 1 yr $51,273 2 yr $52,107 Bachelor's · CIP 09.09 |
North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC · Public | Health Communication 09.0905 | $9,200 | 47% | 84% | 1 yr $50,231 2 yr — Master's · CIP 09.09 |
San Jose State University San Jose, CA · Public | Health Communication 09.0905 | $8,200 | 77% | 71% | 1 yr $49,019 2 yr $41,379 Bachelor's · CIP 09.09 |