Currently, genetic information about risk for alcohol use disorders is not clinically predictive91; however, the eventual translation of genetic testing into medical practice will depend on numerous factors, including clinicians’ and researchers’ abilities to properly engage patients of varied ancestral lineage in research to ensure the accuracy of applied tests for all populations. At least one study suggests that if there were a clinical genetic test for the susceptibility of alcohol dependence there would be a strong interest in testing among AAs.92 However, even among AAs with access to health care, participation in currently available multiplex genetic susceptibility tests93 is limited. This is problematic, as it is thought that the availability of these test results may encourage people to take advantage of more health-care services.
