Usual prevention in unusual settings: A scoping review of place-based health interventions in public-facing businesses.

ABSTRACT: Place-based health interventions may help reach underserved populations. This scoping review summarizes the peer-reviewed literature on the type and effects of place-based health interventions in unconventional public-facing business settings (e.g., retail and services). A literature search was conducted in PubMed, Google Scholar, and APA PsycNet for studies from 1990-2023. Inclusion criteria for studies were: conducted in the United States, delivered a health intervention, based on an unconventional business setting, and targeted a specific health condition. An initial search yielded 2,727 unduplicated studies, which was filtered to 42 studies included in this review. These 42 studies were categorized based on health conditions of focus, including cardiovascular health (12 studies); HIV (

SUBMITTER: Tsai J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11760570 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature