Understanding the underlying issues regarding recruiting and retaining participants is important to performing research inclusive of various ancestries. Studies have explored potential causes for the lack of diversity in health research studies, and findings have repeatedly reflected consequences of institutional racism throughout history, which include provider implicit bias (Cooper et al., 2012, Green et al., 2007), participant socioeconomic status (Corbie-Smith, 2004, Freeman & Payne, 2000, Seto, 2001), and participant mistrust (Corbie-Smith, 2004, Wilets et al., 2003). Deep-seated and erroneous racial perceptions (Branson et al., 2007) have been shown to contribute to the lack of recruitment and retention of some non-European participant populations. Additionally, acknowledgement of the research’s importance tends to be missing from the investigator-participant interaction, as there is a higher likelihood of recruitment and retention if participants are made aware of the potential impact a study could have on society, as well as on them as individuals (Ejiogu et al., 2011). Furthermore, educational programs could assist in the resolution of some underlying issues in obtaining diverse genetic samples. It has been shown that non-European Americans, for example, were less
