This report summarizes the activities of a forum held by the Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies (HMHB) Coalition on maternal and child health issues affecting communities of color. Participants highlighted their communities' problems related to infant and child health, identified critical issues that need to be addressed from each community's perspective, proposed broad-based strategies to address the problems, and made recommendations. Individual sections address the needs and concerns of the African-American, Asian and Pacific Islander, Hispanic/Latino, and Native American communities. The report recommends that: (1) the health care system must recognize and respect cultural diversity by including diverse community representatives at national, state and local levels; (2) methods of data collection and analysis need to be revised to accurately assess the health problems of communities of color; (3) the health care system must shift its medical focus away from the disease model to promotion of health and wellness models; (4) more resources must be made available to continue and expand the roundtable process; (5) communities of color need national representation by organizations willing to advocate on their behalf; and (6) organizations of color need to be supported by mainstream national organizations. Two appendices provide a directory of model maternal and child health programs and a list of HMHB staff and organizational members. (MDM)