Purtle Jonathan, Brownson Ross C, Proctor Enola K
Department of Health Management & Policy, Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health, Nesbitt Hall, 3rd Floor, 3215 Market St., Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Division of Public Health Sciences, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center, School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, 63130, USA.
Adm Policy Ment Health. 2017 Mar;44(2):160-163. doi: 10.1007/s10488-016-0752-3.
Legislators (i.e., elected Senators and House Representatives at the federal- and state-level) are a critically important dissemination audience because they shape the architecture of the US mental health system through budgetary and regulatory decisions. In this Point of View, we argue that legislators are a neglected audience in mental health dissemination research. We synthesize relevant research, discuss its potential implications for dissemination efforts, identify challenges, and outline areas for future study.
立法者（即联邦和州一级当选的参议员和众议院代表）是一个极其重要的传播受众群体，因为他们通过预算和监管决策塑造了美国心理健康系统的架构。在本观点文章中，我们认为立法者是心理健康传播研究中被忽视的受众群体。我们综合了相关研究，讨论其对传播工作的潜在影响，识别挑战，并概述未来研究的领域。
