How do they match: Health Education Specialists

  • Community Educator
  • Community Health Worker
  • Community Health Consultant
  • Community Health Education Coordinator
  • Community Health Educator
  • Community Health Planning Director
  • Lamaze International Breastfeeding Support Specialist

  • 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.

  • Collaborate with health specialists and civic groups to determine community health needs and the availability of services and to develop goals for meeting needs.
  • Develop and maintain cooperative working relationships with agencies and organizations interested in public health care.
  • Develop and maintain health education libraries to provide resources for staff and community agencies.
  • Develop and present health education and promotion programs, such as training workshops, conferences, and school or community presentations.
  • Develop educational materials and programs for community agencies, local government, and state government.
  • Develop, prepare, and coordinate grant applications and grant-related activities to obtain funding for health education programs and related work.

  • Assess individual or community needs for educational or social services.
  • Collect information about community health needs.
  • Develop working relationships with others to facilitate program activities.
  • Plan programs to address community health issues.
  • Provide educational materials to community members.
  • Supervise workers providing client or patient services.