Health Education Specialists

What Does a Health Education Specialists Do?

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.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• 1Prepare and distribute health education materials, such as reports, bulletins, and visual aids, to address smoking, vaccines, and other public health concerns.
• 2Develop and maintain cooperative working relationships with agencies and organizations interested in public health care.
• 3Maintain databases, mailing lists, telephone networks, and other information to facilitate the functioning of health education programs.
• 4Document activities and record information, such as the numbers of applications completed, presentations conducted, and persons assisted.
• 5Develop and present health education and promotion programs, such as training workshops, conferences, and school or community presentations.
• 6Collaborate with health specialists and civic groups to determine community health needs and the availability of services and to develop goals for meeting needs.
• 7Develop, conduct, or coordinate health needs assessments and other public health surveys.
• 8Supervise professional and technical staff in implementing health programs, objectives, and goals.

Required Skills

• Speaking
• Active Listening
• Writing
• Learning Strategies
• Active Learning
• Reading Comprehension
• Critical Thinking
• Adobe Photoshop
• Blackbaud The Raiser's Edge
• Blackboard software
• Blogging software
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC WONDER
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Epi Info
• Edpuzzle
• Facebook
• JamBoard
• LogMeIn GoToWebinar

Health Education Specialists Salary