Table 1

Summary of media type and populations of included studies

MediaAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians (5 studies)New Zealand Maori (7 studies)US Pacific Islander and Native Hawaiians (1 study)American Indian or American Indian + Alaska Native (7* studies)
TV and/or radio advertisements4 TV/Radio studies (1 mixed, 1 mixed BAS, 1 survey, 1 qualitative)3 TV studies (1 database, 1 BAS, 1 qualitative) 1 TV/Radio study (survey)
Internet 2 internet studies (1 RCT, 1 qualitative)
Mobile phone 3 Mobile phone studies (2 RCT, 1 mixed BAS)
Print media 1 print media study (BAS) 3 print media studies (4 papers: 1 RCT, 2 qualitative, 1 mixed)*
Other media:1 CD-ROM intervention (mixed BAS) 1 edutainment study (mixed BAS)1 Video intervention (mixed BAS)
  • * Two papers reported the same study.

  • BAS, before and after study; RCT, randomised controlled trial.