Health Education Specialists
Human Services · Family & Community Services
Pay and outlook shown for
New workers start near $46,000; experienced workers reach $102,590. About 360 people do this job in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
Job outlook
Alamo region (San Antonio and 12 surrounding counties), Texas Workforce Commission projection 2024 to 2034; U.S. figures from the BLS.
- Employment change
- +14.6%
- Openings a year
- 55
- Employed in 2024
- 439
Typical entry education: Bachelor's degree
Alamo Colleges programs that lead here
2 programs, with the college that teaches each.
Skills this career uses
The skills O*NET rates most important for the job, with how much of each the work needs on a 1 to 7 scale.
- Speaking4.3
- Active Listening4.0
- Writing4.0
- Learning Strategies4.1
- Social Perceptiveness3.9
- Active Learning3.6
- Reading Comprehension4.0
- Critical Thinking4.0
What the work is
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.
- Document activities and record information, such as the numbers of applications completed, presentations conducted, and persons assisted.
- Develop and present health education and promotion programs, such as training workshops, conferences, and school or community presentations.
- Develop and maintain cooperative working relationships with agencies and organizations interested in public health care.
- Develop operational plans and policies necessary to achieve health education objectives and services.
- Collaborate with health specialists and civic groups to determine community health needs and the availability of services and to develop goals for meeting needs.
- Maintain databases, mailing lists, telephone networks, and other information to facilitate the functioning of health education programs.
Education people in this job have
Share of workers by highest education, from O*NET surveys. It shows what others did, not what you must do.
- High school or less3%
- Associate degree62%
- Bachelor's degree31%
- Master's degree3%
- Doctoral or professional1%
Job zone 4, considerable preparation: Usually a bachelor's degree, sometimes a strong associate plus experience.
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