Since advocacy affects the decision-makings related to public policy, this study aims at assessing the advocacy skills of health workers in Gilan province.The main objective of the present research was to assess the advocacy skills of health workers in Gilan province. This cross-sectional study has been carried out in 2016 on 80 employees of health centers in Gilan province. The instrument included a self-made questionnaire with content validity ratio (CVR) of 0.8 and content validity index (CVI) of 0.9. The results were analyzed using SPSS 17 software and descriptive tests. The mean advocacy score of the employees was equal to 14.1 ± 6.3 out of 40. There was no signifi cant difference between the advocacy score and genders and work experience.Based on the results, it is necessary to train employees to cooperate with other health-related organizations.
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