title: Legislator voting and behavioral science theory: a systematic review.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  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.
authors.affiliation: The Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA. gtung@jhsph.edu
authors.forename: Gregory J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Tung
authors.forename: Jon S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Vernick
authors.forename: Erin V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Reiney
authors.forename: Andrea C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Gielen
mesh_terms: D001525:Behavioral Sciences / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D011050:Policy Making; D011582:Psychological Theory; D014481:United States