Report incidences of child or elder abuse, neglect, or threats of harm to authorities, as required.

“Report incidences of child or elder abuse, neglect, or threats of harm to authorities, as required.” is a supplemental task performed by Community Health Workers. Among the occupation's 29 rated tasks, workers place it 14th by importance (#16 most important). About 39% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Advise others on legal or regulatory matters. in Providing Consultation and Advice to Others

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E0. No direct exposure — current language models give little or no time savings on this task.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.00. Automation potential label: T1.

How AI is actually used on this kind of task

The Anthropic Economic Index observes how people actually use AI on tasks like this one across millions of real conversations.

• 0.004% share of AI-use records mapped to this task

Observed AI use describes people choosing to use AI as a tool on this kind of task today. It is augmentation and assistance, not a measure of jobs replaced.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Perform basic diagnostic procedures, such as blood pressure screening, breast cancer screening, or communicable disease screening. · importance 4.5
• Maintain updated client records with plans, notes, appropriate forms, or related information. · importance 4.4
• Advise clients or community groups on issues related to diagnostic screenings, such as breast cancer screening, pap smears, glaucoma tests, or diabetes screenings. · importance 4.1
• Advise clients or community groups on issues related to risk or prevention of conditions, such as lead poisoning, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), prenatal substance abuse, or domestic violence. · importance 4.0
• Administer immunizations or other basic preventive treatments. · importance 4.0
• Identify the particular health care needs of individuals in a community or target area. · importance 4.0
• Advise clients or community groups on issues related to improving general health, such as diet or exercise. · importance 4.0
• Advise clients or community groups on issues related to self-care, such as diabetes management. · importance 4.0
• Conduct home visits for pregnant women, newborn infants, or other high-risk individuals to monitor their progress or assess their needs. · importance 4.0
• Transport or accompany clients to scheduled health appointments or referral sites. · importance 3.9
• Identify or contact members of high-risk or otherwise targeted groups, such as members of minority populations, low-income populations, or pregnant women. · importance 3.8
• Contact clients in person, by phone, or in writing to ensure they have completed required or recommended actions. · importance 3.8
• Distribute flyers, brochures, or other informational or educational documents to inform members of a targeted community. · importance 3.8
• Refer community members to needed health services. · importance 3.7

See all tasks on the Community Health Workers page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  title  = {Report incidences of child or elder abuse, neglect, or threats of harm to authorities, as required.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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}