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	Health Education Specialists	Epidemiologists	Medical and Health Services Managers	Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors	Community Health Workers
SUMMARY	20% Minimal Risk	9% Minimal Risk	10% Minimal Risk	10% Minimal Risk	5% Minimal Risk	14% Minimal Risk
JOB SCORE	7.0/10	7.5/10	8.5/10	7.7/10	8.2/10	6.1/10
POLLING	36% (Low Risk, Based on 28 votes)	31% (Low Risk, Based on 105 votes)	35% (Low Risk, Based on 126 votes)	43% (Moderate Risk, Based on 15 votes)	20% (Low Risk, Based on 56 votes)	28% (Low Risk, Based on 15 votes)
GROWTH by year 2034	4.5%	16.2%	23.2%	17.3%	16.8%	11.3%
WAGES	$63,000 or $30.29 per hour	$83,980 or $40.37 per hour	$117,960 or $56.71 per hour	$105,620 or $50.77 per hour	$59,190 or $28.45 per hour	$51,030 or $24.53 per hour
VOLUME as of 2024	65,150	11,460	565,840	229,720	440,380	60,730
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DESCRIPTION	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.	Investigate and describe the determinants and distribution of disease, disability, or health outcomes. May develop the means for prevention and control.	Plan, direct, or coordinate medical and health services in hospitals, clinics, managed care organizations, public health agencies, or similar organizations.	Teach courses in health specialties, in fields such as dentistry, laboratory technology, medicine, pharmacy, public health, therapy, and veterinary medicine.	Counsel and advise individuals with alcohol, tobacco, drug, or other problems, such as gambling and eating disorders. May counsel individuals, families, or groups or engage in prevention programs.	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.

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