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 on training settings. Health educators may work as independent consultants or in health departments, community organizations, businesses, hospitals, schools, or government agencies. Health educators often:

·       Perform health training needs assessments.

·       Design and develop health education programs.

·       Publish health education 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 educators have, as a minimum, a bachelor’s degree in health education. Many have master’s degrees. To be certified or licensed to teach health in public schools requires a master’s degree and successful completion of written exam in many states.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!

In my personal opinion I would not want to be a health educator because health is not my main focus because this means I am going to have to take care of my own health. This seems like a very interesting topic but just not my main focus.