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Chunk #27 — RESULTS — Demographic Characteristics of Participants — Understanding of genetics

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An exploration of attitudes among black Americans towards psychiatric genetic research.
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The next common response was having a superficial knowledge of some of the terminology associated with genetics, such as DNA, RNA, Helix, mutations, and so forth (36%). Interestingly, about 25% of the responses noted a lack of knowledge or understanding of genetics. For example, one respondent stated: “I have not a clue … That’s like asking me about rocket science.”