Time magazine called the NSSHB "the most comprehensive survey of its kind in nearly two decades and the first to include teenagers.
Surgeon General Dr. Joycelyn Elders has written the following about NSSHB findings: "These data are important for keeping the nation moving forward in the area of sexual health and well being.
[3] Articles based on the first wave of the study, the 2009 NSSHB, were initially released in a supplement to the October 2010 issue of Journal of Sexual Medicine.
Michael Reece, J. Dennis Fortenberry, Brian Dodge, Stephanie Sanders, and Vanessa Schick.
Only a low level of sexual activity among the approximately 800 teenagers surveyed was found with incidence increasing with age.
Discrepancies remain between the level of condom use considered optimal for public health and reported rate of use particularly by people over 40.