To address the first aim, we conducted a systematic review of literature regarding recruitment of racially/ethnically diverse groups (especially African Americans and Latinos) for the purposes of genetic research. Due to the scarcity of literature specific to alcohol genetic research, we broadened the search to encompass studies of genetic testing for alcoholism and any type of genetic research conducted with racially/ethnically diverse groups. Key words including genetic* research, ethnic, improv* recruitment, African American, Hispanic, Latino, minority, and alcohol were queried using Google Scholar, a comprehensive web search engine for scholarly literature including journal articles, holdings of university repositories and other sources. Much of the limited published literature in this area focuses specifically on African Americans, or at the very least includes specific content targeted to this group. In addition to the initial literature that was located, studies with high relevance to this topic were used to identify similar studies through the use of the ‘related to’ query search function. In total, 57 studies were identified.
