Building a research agenda: Responding to the needs of community and migrant health centers

This article summarizes the results of an invitational conference designed to establish a research agenda or collaborative projects involving universi ty-based health serv researchers and staff (administrative and clinical) fr om Community and Migrant Health Centers (C/MHCs). More research related to C/MHCs needs to be developed, preferably by collaborative teams of research ers and C/MHC personnel. Specific research ideas are summarized, and five m ore detailed research proposals are presented. This is an especially import ant area that needs work, given the changes taking place in health care fin ance and the impacts of those changes on C/MHCs.