Table 1.

Genetic counselor characteristics (N = 9).

Age, range mean (SD)	29–61 38.7 (11.89)
Race, n
Asian	1
White	7
Black/African American	1
Education, n
Master's of Science, Genetic Counseling	8
NP with advanced training in genetics	1
Practicing as genetic counselor, range in years	.5–31
Practice Setting n
Private (non-profit) hospital or health care system	4
Academic medical center and public/county hospital	2
Public/county hospital	2
For-profit testing company	1
Perceived proportion of low health literacy patients in	5–10%-85%
practice, range mean (SD)	55.55 (29.1)
Use of medical interpreter during practice, range in %	0–50