# Infectious Disease Prevention Specialist

*/JobTypes/Infectious_Disease_Prevention_Specialist*

Departments: Bureau of Communicable Disease Control, Infection Prevention and Control, HIV/STI Prevention Services, Epidemiology and Surveillance, Employee and Occupational Health, Global Health Programs, Student Health and Wellness.

## Neighborhood

### Parent

- [Health Education Specialists](/Occupations/Health_Education_Specialists) — parent · Occupations

### Siblings

- [Clinical Health Educator](/JobTypes/Clinical_Health_Educator) — siblings · JobTypes
- [Community Health Outreach Coordinator](/JobTypes/Community_Health_Outreach_Coordinator) — siblings · JobTypes
- [Community Outreach Coordinator](/JobTypes/Community_Outreach_Coordinator) — siblings · JobTypes
- [Corporate Wellness Specialist](/JobTypes/Corporate_Wellness_Specialist) — siblings · JobTypes
- [Grant-Funded Health Program Manager](/JobTypes/Grant-Funded_Health_Program_Manager) — siblings · JobTypes
- [Health Literacy Specialist](/JobTypes/Health_Literacy_Specialist) — siblings · JobTypes
- [Health Promotion Specialist](/JobTypes/Health_Promotion_Specialist) — siblings · JobTypes
- [Patient Educator](/JobTypes/Patient_Educator) — siblings · JobTypes
- [Patient Navigator](/JobTypes/Patient_Navigator) — siblings · JobTypes
- [Public Health Department Educator](/JobTypes/Public_Health_Department_Educator) — siblings · JobTypes
- [University Health Promotion Specialist](/JobTypes/University_Health_Promotion_Specialist) — siblings · JobTypes

### Required knowledge

- [Health Behavior Change Theory](/Knowledge/Health_Behavior_Change_Theory) — requires knowledge · Knowledge
- [Epidemiology Basics](/Knowledge/Epidemiology_Basics) — requires knowledge · Knowledge
- [Public Health Program Standards](/Knowledge/Public_Health_Program_Standards) — requires knowledge · Knowledge
- [Infectious Disease Transmission](/Knowledge/Infectious_Disease_Transmission) — requires knowledge · Knowledge

### Perform

- [Report Outcomes to Funders](/Tasks/Report_Outcomes_to_Funders) — perform · Tasks
- [Coordinate With Clinics and Partners](/Tasks/Coordinate_With_Clinics_and_Partners) — perform · Tasks
- [Train Peer Educators](/Tasks/Train_Peer_Educators) — perform · Tasks
- [Analyze Prevention Program Data](/Tasks/Analyze_Prevention_Program_Data) — perform · Tasks
- [Distribute Risk Reduction Materials](/Tasks/Distribute_Risk_Reduction_Materials) — perform · Tasks
- [Promote Screening and Vaccination](/Tasks/Promote_Screening_and_Vaccination) — perform · Tasks
- [Deliver Community Outreach Sessions](/Tasks/Deliver_Community_Outreach_Sessions) — perform · Tasks
- [Design Prevention Education Programs](/Tasks/Design_Prevention_Education_Programs) — perform · Tasks

### Problems this exposes

- [keeping peer educators' lived-experience credibility intact while holding them to the prevention program's evidence-based fidelity model](/Problems/keeping_peer_educators'_lived-experience_credibility_intact_while_holding_them_to_the_prevention_program's_evidence-based_fidelity_model) — exposes problem · Problems
- [tailoring screening and vaccine messaging to a community's specific HIV/HCV stigma and mistrust drivers without it reading as institutional](/Problems/tailoring_screening_and_vaccine_messaging_to_a_community's_specific_HIV%2FHCV_stigma_and_mistrust_drivers_without_it_reading_as_institutional) — exposes problem · Problems
- [screening/vaccination uptake can't be tied back to which outreach touchpoint drove it](/Problems/screening%2Fvaccination_uptake_can't_be_tied_back_to_which_outreach_touchpoint_drove_it) — exposes problem · Problems
- [community-outreach attendance and risk-reduction material distribution tracked on paper sign-in sheets](/Problems/community-outreach_attendance_and_risk-reduction_material_distribution_tracked_on_paper_sign-in_sheets) — exposes problem · Problems
- [grant-funded outcome reports to funders rebuilt by hand each cycle from disconnected outreach logs](/Problems/grant-funded_outcome_reports_to_funders_rebuilt_by_hand_each_cycle_from_disconnected_outreach_logs) — exposes problem · Problems
- [peer-educator training completion and fidelity untracked against the program model](/Problems/peer-educator_training_completion_and_fidelity_untracked_against_the_program_model) — exposes problem · Problems
- [manual chart review for HAI surveillance against shifting NHSN case definitions](/Problems/manual_chart_review_for_HAI_surveillance_against_shifting_NHSN_case_definitions) — exposes problem · Problems
- [antibiogram updates lagging behind real resistance patterns on the units](/Problems/antibiogram_updates_lagging_behind_real_resistance_patterns_on_the_units) — exposes problem · Problems
- [contact tracing breaking down when exposure logs live across badge, EHR, and visitor systems](/Problems/contact_tracing_breaking_down_when_exposure_logs_live_across_badge,_EHR,_and_visitor_systems) — exposes problem · Problems
- [isolation-precaution signage and PPE compliance auditing done by walk-around spot checks](/Problems/isolation-precaution_signage_and_PPE_compliance_auditing_done_by_walk-around_spot_checks) — exposes problem · Problems
- [outbreak cluster detection delayed because lab results aren't trended in real time](/Problems/outbreak_cluster_detection_delayed_because_lab_results_aren't_trended_in_real_time) — exposes problem · Problems
- [reconciling immunization and screening status for staff against occupational-health requirements](/Problems/reconciling_immunization_and_screening_status_for_staff_against_occupational-health_requirements) — exposes problem · Problems

### Uses software

- [Presentation Software](/Software/Presentation_Software) — uses software · Software
- [Survey and Data Collection Software](/Software/Survey_and_Data_Collection_Software) — uses software · Software
- [Public Health Surveillance System](/Software/Public_Health_Surveillance_System) — uses software · Software

### Requires ability

- [Inductive Reasoning](/Ability/Inductive_Reasoning) — requires ability · Ability
- [Social Perceptiveness](/Ability/Social_Perceptiveness) — requires ability · Ability
- [Written Expression](/Ability/Written_Expression) — requires ability · Ability
- [Oral Expression](/Ability/Oral_Expression) — requires ability · Ability

### Required skills

- [Program Evaluation](/Skills/Program_Evaluation) — requires skill · Skills
- [Public Health Communication](/Skills/Public_Health_Communication) — requires skill · Skills
- [Community Outreach](/Skills/Community_Outreach) — requires skill · Skills
- [Health Program Design](/Skills/Health_Program_Design) — requires skill · Skills

### Engage in

- [Deliver Community Outreach Sessions](/Activities/Deliver_Community_Outreach_Sessions) — engage in · Activities
- [Promote Screening and Vaccination](/Activities/Promote_Screening_and_Vaccination) — engage in · Activities
- [Design Prevention Education Programs](/Activities/Design_Prevention_Education_Programs) — engage in · Activities