title: Building a research agenda: responding to the needs of Community and Migrant Health Centers.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha 68198-4350, USA.
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Mueller
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Curtin
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hawkins
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lefkowitz
mesh_terms: D003151:Community Health Centers; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics; D008484:Medicaid; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D012107:Research Design; D012109:Research Support as Topic; D019035:Rural Health Services; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014481:United States