TY - JOUR
PY - 2012//
TI - Legislator voting and behavioral science theory: a systematic review
JO - American journal of health behavior
A1 - Tung, Gregory J.
A1 - Vernick, Jon S.
A1 - Reiney, Erin V.
A1 - Gielen, Andrea Carlson
SP - 823
EP - 833
VL - 36
IS - 6
N2 - OBJECTIVES: To examine the application of behavioral science theories to explain the voting behavior of legislators for public health policies.
METHODS: We conducted a systematic review to identify studies that examined factors associated with legislator support, intention to vote, or actual votes on public health policies, emphasizing those grounded in behavior science theory.
RESULTS: Twenty-one papers met our inclusion criteria, and 6 were explicitly grounded in a behavioral science theory.
CONCLUSIONS: Behavioral science theories, and the theory of planned behavior in particular, provide a framework for understanding legislator voting behavior and can be used by advocates to advance pro-health policies.
Language: en
LA - en SN - 1087-3244 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.5993/AJHB.36.6.9 ID - ref1 ER -