title: Lessons learned from small store programs to increase healthy food access.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To document implementation challenges and opportunities associated with small store interventions.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case study analysis of small store interventions conducted in 4 regions of the US. We systematically generated matrices to compare and contrast lessons learned to advance implementation science.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Seven thematic areas were identified including: establishing relationships with stores, store owner and customer relationships, selection of intervention approaches, stocking healthier foods, evaluation, maintenance of changes, and dissemination.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This information provides guidance to researchers and practitioners wishing to design, implement, and evaluate small store interventions.
authors.affiliation: Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA. jgittels@jhsph.edu.
authors.forename: Joel
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gittelsohn
authors.affiliation: Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.
authors.forename: Melissa N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Laska
authors.affiliation: Research and Evaluation, The Food Trust, Philadelphia PA, USA.
authors.forename: Allison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karpyn
authors.affiliation: Division of Policy and Community Programs, Minneapolis Health Department, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
authors.forename: Kristen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Klingler
authors.affiliation: San Diego State University, Graduate School of Public Health, and the Institute for Behavioral and Community Health, San Diego, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Guadalupe X
authors.initials: GX
authors.lastname: Ayala
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel; D015142:Baltimore; D057191:Capacity Building; D003132:Commerce; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D004779:Environment Design; D005502:Food / Q000191:economics*; D005523:Food Supply / Q000191:economics*; D015438:Health Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D008910:Minnesota; D009657:North Carolina; D018673:Nutrition Policy; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D015143:Philadelphia; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors