THE DEVELOPMENT OF A RELEVANT AND COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH AGENDA TO IMPROVE HISPANIC HEALTH

The development of an appropriate research agenda for Hispanics requir es progress in three areas. (a) developing an appropriate research inf rastructure, (b) increasing the availability of appropriate research i nstrumentation, and (c) identifying and assigning priority areas. In a ddition, a Latino health research agenda must identify mechanisms for increasing the number of trained Hispanic researchers and the number o f Latino professional staff members at the Department of Health and Hu man Services. It is recommended that an Office of Hispanic Health be e stablished within the Office of Minority Health at the Department to o versee the implementation of the recommendations made as part of the S urgeon General's National Hispanic Health Initiative.