Details of the setting and key outcomes of the included studies
| Author, year | Cancer site(s) | Follow-up | Setting and participants | Risk level/comorbidities | Outcome(s) | Quality |
| Bodurtha et al, 31 2009 | Breast | 18 months | 899 women with no history of breast cancer recruited from waiting rooms of four women’s health clinics | Not given | Mammography, clinical breast examinations, breast self-examination, mammography intentions | M–H |
| Bowen et al, 41 2006 | Breast | 6 and 24 months | 150 sexual minority women recruited via public advertisements | Mean Gail lifetime risk 12% | Breast self-examination, breast cancer screening | H |
| Bowen and Powers,42 2010 | Breast | 12 months | 1366 women recruited via purchased lists of telephone numbers with no previous diagnosis of breast cancer | Mean Gail lifetime risk 12% | Breast self-examination, mammography | |
| Davis et al,34 2004 | Breast | 1 month | 392 women with no history of cancer calling the Cancer Information Service | 27% 2%–6% lifetime risk; 32% 6%–9% lifetime risk; 41% 9%–46% lifetime risk | Adherence to breast cancer screening, intention for breast cancer screening | M |
| Glanz et al, 45 2013 | Skin | 16 weeks | Convenience sample of 1047 parents not currently being treated for skin cancer recruited through schools and community centres | 38% high risk | Sun protection habits, sun exposure, skin examination by parents | M |
| Glazebrook et al, 22 2006 | Skin | 6 months | 589 recruited from 10 primary care practices from a convenience sample of appointments | Not given | Sun protection habits | M |
| Greene and Brinn,44 2003 | Skin | 3–4 weeks | 141 undergraduates at one university who received extra credit for participation | Not given | Intention to tan, actual tan bed usage | L–M |
| Helmes et al, 35 2006 | Breast | 3 months | Random sample of 340 members of state healthcare system with no history of breast/ovarian cancer or testing for cancer risk | Mean 9.5% (3.2) lifetime risk | Intention to have mammogram and clinical breast examination, intention to do breast self-examination | M |
| Holloway et al, 21 2003 | Cervical | 0 and 4 years | 1890 women attending routine cervical smear test at one of 29 general practitioner practices | 78%–80% very low risk; 20%–22% low risk | Preference for future screening interval, actual screening behaviour | M–H |
| Lipkus and Klein,30 2006 | Colorectal | 0 | 160 members of general public with no history of CRC or screening for CRC recruited through newspaper advertisements | Not given | Ambivalence, intention to screen using an FOBT, actual FOBT screening rates | M |
| Lipkus et al, 38 2001 | Breast | 0 | 121 members of general public recruited through newspaper advertisements | Mean 10-year risk 2.65% (SD 1.13) | Mammography screening and intentions | M |
| Rimer et al, 40 2002 | Breast | 1 and 2 years | 752 women aged 40–44 and 50–54 years enrolled in a personal care plan | Mean 10-year risk 2.7% | Mammography | M |
| Rubinstein et al,39 2011 | Breast, ovarian, colon | 6 months | 3786 patients from primary care clinic records with no history of colon, breast or ovarian cancer invited by mail following record review | 34% moderate or strong risk of ≥1 of the cancers | CRC screening, mammography | M |
| Schroy et al,36 2011 | Colorectal | 0 | 666 patients due for bowel screening identified from monthly audits of one hospital’s electronic medical record | Average | Preferences, satisfaction with the decision-making process, screening intentions and test concordance | M–H |
| Schroy et al, 32 2012 | Colorectal | 0, 1, 3, 6 and 12 months | 825 patients due for bowel screening identified from monthly audits of one hospital’s electronic medical record | Average | Completion of a CRC screening test | H |
| Seitz et al, 37 2016 | Breast | 0 | 2918 women aged 35–49 years with no history of breast cancer or a genetic mutation in BCRA1 or BCRA2 recruited through a survey company | 42% 10-year risk <1.5% (mean 1.08 SD 0.01); 58% 10-year risk ≥1.5% (mean 2.53 SD 0.04) | Mammography intentions | M |
| Sequist et al, 43 2011 | Colorectal | 1 and 4 months | 1103 patients from 14 ambulatory health centres who were overdue for CRC screening | Average | CRC screening | M |
| Sherratt et al,
23 2016 | Lung | 6 months | 297 current and 216 recent former smokers aged 18–60 years without a history of lung cancer and attending smoking cessation services | Not given | Smoking status | H |
| Trevena et al, 33 2008 | Colorectal | 1 month | 314 patients recruited from six primary care practices without a history of CRC | Not given | Screening intentions, CRC screening | M |
BCRA, Breast Cancer Risk Assessment; CRC, colorectal cancer; FOBT, faecal occult blood test; H, high; L, low; M, medium.