Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Community health: yesterday, today, and tomorrow -- Organizations that help shape community health -- Epidemiology: the study of disease, injury, and death in the community -- Epidemiology: prevention and control of diseases and health conditions -- Community organizing/building and health promotion programming -- The school health program: a component of community health -- The nation's health and care delivery: Maternal, infant, and child health -- Adolescents, young adults, and adults -- Elders -- Community health and minorities -- Community mental health -- Alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs: a community concern -- Health care delivery in the United States -- Environmental health and safety: Community health and the environment -- Injuries as a community health problem -- Safety and health in the workplace --