Published on in Vol 14 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/64913, first published .
Introducing Public Health Vending Machines in Rural Communities: Protocol for a Study Using a Community-Based Participatory Approach

Introducing Public Health Vending Machines in Rural Communities: Protocol for a Study Using a Community-Based Participatory Approach

Introducing Public Health Vending Machines in Rural Communities: Protocol for a Study Using a Community-Based Participatory Approach

Meghan Guter   1 * , BS ;   Lauren Harrell   1 * , MS ;   Kathleen L Egan   2 * , MS, PhD ;   Reese Hiatt   1 * ;   Lori Ann Eldridge   1 * , PhD

1 Department of Health and Human Performance, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, United States

2 Department of Implementation Science, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States

*all authors contributed equally

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