The Health Educator specialty is generally very female-friendly with a large majority (80%) of providers reporting as female compared to only 19% reporting as male. People living in California, New York, Texas, Florida, and Pennsylvania enjoy living in one of the 5 most popular states/territories where Health Educator providers practice. In all, there are 3,342 registered Health Educator providers in the United States with over 496 of those located in California alone while around 392 chose to practice in New York.
Health Educator providers have been assigned the 174H00000X taxonomy code in the NPI registry, which is a Level II Classification. Click here for more information about medical specialty types.
Overall, Health Educator specialists practice in 54 different states/territories.
Health educators work in a variety of settings providing education to individuals or groups of individuals on healthy behaviors, wellness, and health-related topics with the goal of preventing diseases and health problems. Health educators generally require a bachelor?s degree and may receive additional training, such as through mentoring, internships, or volunteer work.