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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Med Genet A. 2013 May;161(5):1064–1072. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.35914

Table II.

Thematic Differences Between AAa and non-AAb

AA non-AA
Distrust of medicine and providers Trust providers and expect involvement
Concerned about specific psycho-social impacts of results Concerned about what they should do with results
Hoped for community and societal benefits specific to AA and racial justice Focused on individual benefits and contributing to generalizable knowledge through research
WGS would be translated through community Share results with doctors and immediate family
a

refers to African American

b

refers to non-African African