Vulnerable and hidden populations look to inclusive networks to offer solutions for their unmet needs. Building successful collaborative relationships with resources that already exist in a community, increases capacity for the community and honors what members of the community have to offer toward reversing their own negative health outcomes. Factors determining whether or not people will be healthy many times have to do with the strength and inclusiveness of collaborative networks around them. Figuring out the resources available to a population and then bringing those resources together into a collaborative effort can bring healing to the body and the spirit of those touched by the unity of such an effort.

1. Expanding the Margins: A new paradigm for successfully doing more with less VFCA/VRHA Conference Homestead, Virginia November 15-17, 2009 Susan L. Triggs, RN, MPH Health Equity Specialist Virginia Department of Health Office of Minority Health and Public Health Policy

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15. Knowing What’s in it for Stakeholders? (cont.) 10-09 Susan L. Triggs, RN, MPH

26. 10-09 Susan L. Triggs, RN, MPH QUESTIONS