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Health Affairs, 25, no. 3 (2006): 856-859 doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.25.3.856 © 2006 by Project HOPE	New Online   Getting Health Reform Done   After the State of the Union   Incremental Reform   E-Health in Developing World   Most-Read Articles in 2009

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Strengthening A State’s Health Advocacy Infrastructure

Ruth Holton-Hodson and Ruth Brousseau

Although coordination among advocates may be a critical ingredient for achieving health policy change, opportunities for discussions that lead to cooperation among advocates are rare. For the past seven years, the California Wellness Foundation has funded an annual two-day retreat for California health advocates. These gatherings have created a reflective time period for them to consider their differing advocacy agendas as well as areas of overlap. The retreats have also helped to soften the fault lines that can be barriers to cooperation. An independent evaluation has provided some important points for foundations to consider when making grants for such a retreat.

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