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 for collaborative projects involving university-based health services researchers and staff (administrative and clinical) from Community and Migrant Health Centers (C/MHCs). More research related to C/MHCs needs to be developed, preferably by collaborative teams of researchers and C/MHC personnel. Specific research ideas are summarized, and five more detailed research proposals are presented. This is an especially important area that needs work, given the changes taking place in health care finance and the impacts of those changes on C/MHCs.