Contents of this guide include: (1) a contrast of a typical community health program's operation in 1955 and in 1971; (2) descriptions of three comprehensive health centers based on visits and interviews with administrative personnel: The Matthew Walker Health Center, Nashville, Tennessee; Community Group Health Foundation, Inc., Washington, D.C., and The Martin Luther King, Jr. Health Center, New York City; and, (3) various appended materials having to do with the training programs for health center personnel run by each of the above comprehensive health centers. Appendix I includes the following materials from Matthew Walker Health Center: (1) content outline for orientation (syllabi: why a neighborhood health center; paraprofessional personnel; and the nature and meaning of work); (2) content outline of core curriculum (syllabi: communication; relationships between people; and human behavior and needs); and, (3) training evaluation. Appendix II includes outlines for college courses from Community Group Health Foundation, Inc. Appendix III includes the following materials from Martin Luther King, Jr. Health Center: (1) core curriculum outline; (2) job description: senior family health worker; (3) family health workers record; (4) the training staff; (5) trainee evaluation; (6) trainee survey of health careers; and, (7) research department: evaluation of training. (JM)