Hypertensive disease being one of the most important medical problems now facing American medicine brought about the formation of the Federally sponsored National High Blood Pressure Education Program, which included four Task Forces. Task Force 3 reviews in this study information and experience useful for the development of guidelines for community health education programs for hypertension. The document contains 16 recommendations, objectives to be achieved in community education, the two functions of community health education (producing change to benefit the health status of the community, and eliciting behavior likely to lead to change), statement of the problem, community resources and their functions, a progress report and action steps to be taken, and evaluation mechanisms. A seven-page bibliography and five appendixes on: target groups, medical high risk groups, identified hypertensives, a report of a community education development meeting, and insurance study findings are included. (BP)