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	Dental Hygienists	Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	Community Health Workers	Medical and Health Services Managers	Health Education Specialists	Training and Development Specialists
SUMMARY	33% Low Risk	10% Minimal Risk	14% Minimal Risk	10% Minimal Risk	20% Minimal Risk	19% Minimal Risk
JOB SCORE	7.0/10	7.7/10	6.1/10	8.5/10	7.0/10	7.3/10
POLLING	35% (Low Risk, Based on 156 votes)	43% (Moderate Risk, Based on 15 votes)	28% (Low Risk, Based on 15 votes)	35% (Low Risk, Based on 126 votes)	36% (Low Risk, Based on 28 votes)	38% (Low Risk, Based on 146 votes)
GROWTH by year 2034	7.0%	17.3%	11.3%	23.2%	4.5%	10.8%
WAGES	$94,260 or $45.31 per hour	$105,620 or $50.77 per hour	$51,030 or $24.53 per hour	$117,960 or $56.71 per hour	$63,000 or $30.29 per hour	$65,850 or $31.66 per hour
VOLUME as of 2024	219,070	229,720	60,730	565,840	65,150	436,610
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DESCRIPTION	Administer oral hygiene care to patients. Assess patient oral hygiene problems or needs and maintain health records. Advise patients on oral health maintenance and disease prevention. May provide advanced care such as providing fluoride treatment or administering topical anesthesia.	Teach courses in health specialties, in fields such as dentistry, laboratory technology, medicine, pharmacy, public health, therapy, and veterinary medicine.	Promote health within a community by assisting individuals to adopt healthy behaviors. Serve as an advocate for the health needs of individuals by assisting community residents in effectively communicating with healthcare providers or social service agencies. Act as liaison or advocate and implement programs that promote, maintain, and improve individual and overall community health. May deliver health-related preventive services such as blood pressure, glaucoma, and hearing screenings. May collect data to help identify community health needs.	Plan, direct, or coordinate medical and health services in hospitals, clinics, managed care organizations, public health agencies, or similar organizations.	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.	Design or conduct work-related training and development programs to improve individual skills or organizational performance. May analyze organizational training needs or evaluate training effectiveness.

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