{"title":"Factors influencing policymaker decision making in the behavioral health-related legislative process: A scoping review","authors":"David L. Conley, S. Lane","doi":"10.1080/15332985.2023.2192318","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Behavioral healthcare treatments are effective, yet access remains limited across the country. Policymakers are in a unique position to close coverage gaps, but most behavioral health-related legislation fails. Past research has examined ways to influence legislator voting, but knowledge is limited regarding factors influencing the behavioral health legislative process. Thus, a scoping review of peer-reviewed literature was conducted using 16 databases and Google Scholar. Results indicated that internal characteristics of the policymakers as well as external forces in their environments influenced the behavioral health-related legislative process. These results provide important implications for those who want to improve behavioral health policy.","PeriodicalId":46241,"journal":{"name":"Social Work in Mental Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1000,"publicationDate":"2023-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Social Work in Mental Health","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332985.2023.2192318","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"SOCIAL WORK","Score":null,"Total":0}
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ABSTRACT Behavioral healthcare treatments are effective, yet access remains limited across the country. Policymakers are in a unique position to close coverage gaps, but most behavioral health-related legislation fails. Past research has examined ways to influence legislator voting, but knowledge is limited regarding factors influencing the behavioral health legislative process. Thus, a scoping review of peer-reviewed literature was conducted using 16 databases and Google Scholar. Results indicated that internal characteristics of the policymakers as well as external forces in their environments influenced the behavioral health-related legislative process. These results provide important implications for those who want to improve behavioral health policy.
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