<p>Purpose: This review aims to identify specific health guidance skills for 1. preparation for guidance; 2. building trustworthy relationships with participants; 3. assessment; 4. promoting awareness; 5. promoting understanding of health behaviors based on scientific evidence and selecting teaching materials; 6. goal setting; 7. ongoing follow-up during the guidance period, and 8. evaluation. These are indicated in the standard program for health examination and guidance proposed by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. This study will suggest future research on health guidance topics and additions to the current health guidance skills. </p><p>Methods: We searched the Central Journal of Medicine (Web version), MEDLINE, and CINAHL. The eligibility criteria were as follows: (1) cover specific health guidance; (2) describe the specific content of health guidance, and (3) clearly indicate the outcomes of health guidance or methods to ensure quality health guidance content. Information was extracted from 418 journals with research articles published between 2008 and 2021 with “specific health guidance” in the title. Nineteen journals were selected. </p><p>Results: For 1. to 7. of the health guidance skills processes, articles on effective health guidance skills were reported by 2 to 10 journals. However, no journal containing articles on the evaluation of health guidance skills was identified. </p><p>Discussion: Further research is needed to understand specific health guidance techniques used in the evaluation process and whether receiving support leads to outcomes such as continued behavioral change in the target population and the following year’s specified health checkups.</p>