Collaborate with health specialists and civic groups to determine community health needs and the availability of services and to develop goals for meeting needs.

“Collaborate with health specialists and civic groups to determine community health needs and the availability of services and to develop goals for meeting needs.” is a core task performed by Health Education Specialists. Among the occupation's 16 rated tasks, workers place it 11th by importance (#6 most important). About 78% 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.

• Assess living, work, or social needs or status of individuals or communities. in Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People

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.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Prepare and distribute health education materials, such as reports, bulletins, and visual aids, to address smoking, vaccines, and other public health concerns. · importance 4.1
• Develop and maintain cooperative working relationships with agencies and organizations interested in public health care. · importance 4.1
• Maintain databases, mailing lists, telephone networks, and other information to facilitate the functioning of health education programs. · importance 4.1
• Document activities and record information, such as the numbers of applications completed, presentations conducted, and persons assisted. · importance 4.0
• Develop and present health education and promotion programs, such as training workshops, conferences, and school or community presentations. · importance 4.0
• Supervise professional and technical staff in implementing health programs, objectives, and goals. · importance 3.8
• Develop, conduct, or coordinate health needs assessments and other public health surveys. · importance 3.8
• Develop educational materials and programs for community agencies, local government, and state government. · importance 3.8
• Develop operational plans and policies necessary to achieve health education objectives and services. · importance 3.8
• Provide program information to the public by preparing and presenting press releases, conducting media campaigns, or maintaining program-related Web sites. · importance 3.8
• Develop and maintain health education libraries to provide resources for staff and community agencies. · importance 3.7
• Design and conduct evaluations and diagnostic studies to assess the quality and performance of health education programs. · importance 3.6
• Develop, prepare, and coordinate grant applications and grant-related activities to obtain funding for health education programs and related work. · importance 3.6
• Provide guidance to agencies and organizations on assessment of health education needs and on development and delivery of health education programs. · importance 3.5

See all tasks on the Health Education Specialists 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
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

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

@misc{singulariki-task-9221,
  title  = {Collaborate with health specialists and civic groups to determine community health needs and the availability of services and to develop goals for meeting needs.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-9221}
}