Community health consultant vs public health representative

The differences between community health consultants and public health representatives can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a community health consultant and a public health representative. Additionally, a public health representative has an average salary of $52,050, which is higher than the $45,608 average annual salary of a community health consultant.

The top three skills for a community health consultant include public health, community outreach and health education. The most important skills for a public health representative are patients, public health, and patient care.

Community health consultant vs public health representative overview

	Community Health Consultant	Public Health Representative
Yearly salary	$45,608	$52,050
Hourly rate	$21.93	$25.02
Growth rate	12%	12%
Number of jobs	66,617	66,442
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 55%	Bachelor's Degree, 58%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	4	4

Community health consultant vs public health representative salary

Community health consultants and public health representatives have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Community Health Consultant	Public Health Representative
Average salary	$45,608	$52,050
Salary range	Between $30,000 And $67,000	Between $38,000 And $70,000
Highest paying City	Foster City, CA	Oakland, CA
Highest paying state	California	New Hampshire
Best paying company	University of Maryland Medical System	Santa Clara Valley Water District
Best paying industry	Insurance	Education

Differences between community health consultant and public health representative education

There are a few differences between a community health consultant and a public health representative in terms of educational background:

	Community Health Consultant	Public Health Representative
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 55%	Bachelor's Degree, 58%
Most common major	Nursing	Business
Most common college	University of Florida	University of Southern California

Community health consultant vs public health representative demographics

Here are the differences between community health consultants' and public health representatives' demographics:

	Community Health Consultant	Public Health Representative
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 21.2% Female, 78.8%	Male, 26.8% Female, 73.2%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.5% Unknown, 6.4% Hispanic or Latino, 15.2% Asian, 7.3% White, 58.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.3%	Black or African American, 10.8% Unknown, 6.4% Hispanic or Latino, 21.4% Asian, 6.8% White, 53.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.3%
LGBT Percentage	21%	21%

Differences between community health consultant and public health representative duties and responsibilities

Community health consultant example responsibilities.

Engage with members' telephonically, using motivational interviewing techniques to assist members' in achieving their health goals.
Assist with provisioning all users for HMS access and Fluencey Mmodal.
Develop, build, test and implement HMS applications to create electronic patient health records.
Educate community health advocates on CPR, first aid, and prevention of communicable diseases.
Conduct medical camps and provide nursing care for HIV and leprosy infect population in rural India.
Develop a series of mindful-eating workshops for YMCA weight-loss and diabetes program that raise program profile and improve attendance.

Public health representative example responsibilities.

Authorize voluntary EAP services and initial outpatient manage care treatment.
Comply with CMS rules and regulation.
Develop successful referral program with key physicians' offices for Medicare eligible patients.
Conduct field investigations and direct observation therapy for persons expose to or infect with tuberculosis.
Verify eligibility with insurance and confirmed/start authorization for treatment as needed by the requirement of the individual patients plans.
Design new survey tool using qualitative and quantitative methods to monitor and evaluate quality of immunization programs at county health departments.

Community health consultant vs public health representative skills

Common community health consultant skills

Public Health, 32%
Community Outreach, 15%
Health Education, 14%
Medicaid, 8%
Primary Care, 7%
Home Health, 6%

Common public health representative skills

Patients, 28%
Public Health, 18%
Patient Care, 6%
Strong Customer Service, 6%
Phone Calls, 5%
Data Collection, 5%

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