The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Promote Sexual Health and Responsible Sexual Behavior

Acknowledgments

This report was prepared by the Office of the Surgeon General with support from the DHHS Office of Population Affairs.

RADM Kenneth Moritsugu, M.D., M.P.H., Deputy Surgeon General, Office of the Surgeon General

Damon Thompson, Director of Communications, Office of the Surgeon General

Cynthia Bennett, Deputy Director of Public Affairs, Office of the Surgeon General

CAPT Allan S. Noonan, M.D., M.P.H., Senior Advisor, Office of the Surgeon General

Mireille B. Kanda, M.D., M.P.H., Acting Director, Office of Population Affairs

John Jarman, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Population Affairs

Barbara Cohen, Policy Analyst, Office of Population Affairs

Editors

Eli Coleman, Ph.D., Professor and Director, Program in Human Sexuality, Department of Family Practice and Community Health, University of Minnesota -- Scientific Editor and Special Advisor

Janet Shibley Hyde, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison -- Scientific Editor

Michael W. Ross, Ph.D., M.P.H., Professor, School of Public Health, University of Texas at Houston -- Scientific Editor

Contributors

Hortensia Amaro, Ph.D., Boston University

John Bancroft, M.D., Indiana University

John O.G. Billy, Ph.D., Battelle Institute

Jane D. Brown, Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Eli Coleman, Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Jacqueline E. Darroch, Ph.D., The Alan Guttmacher Institute

John D. DeLamater, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

J. Dennis Fortenberry, M.D., Indiana University

William N. Friedrich, M.D., Mayo Clinic

Jennifer J. Frost, D.P.H., The Alan Guttmacher Institute

Julia Heiman, Ph.D., University of Washington

Janet Shibley Hyde, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

Michael R. Kauth, Ph.D., Tulane University

Sarah N. Keller, Ph.D., Emerson College

Douglas Kirby, Ph.D. ETR Associates

Roger J.R. Levesque, J.D., Ph.D., University of Arizona

Ilsa Lottes, Ph.D., University of Maryland

Brent C. Miller, Ph.D., Utah State University

Sumie Okazaki, Ph.D., University of Illinois

Anita Raj, Ph.D., Boston University

Michael W. Ross, Ph.D., University of Texas

Tom Smith, Ph.D., University of Chicago

William R. Stayton, Th.D., Widener University

Brian Wilcox, Ph.D., University of Nebraska

Gail Wyatt, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Steering Committee

Julio C. Abreu, AIDS Action

Christine Bachrach, Ph.D., National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

John Bancroft, M.D., Indiana University

Calvin O. Butts, III, Abyssinian Baptist Church

Barbara Cohen, Office of Population Affairs

Lydia Cole, Colbalt Communictions

Eli Coleman, Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Tim Cruz, M.D., drDrew.com

Linda Wright DeAguero, Ph.D., M.P.H., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Elliot Dorff, Ph.D., University of Judaism

Teresa Frydryk, M.P.H., JSI Research and Training Institute

Barbara Huberman, M.Ed., Advocates for Youth

Janet Shibley Hyde, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison

Douglas Kirby, Ph.D., ETR Associates

Sarah Kovner, Office of the Secretary

RADM Arthur J. Lawrence, Ph.D., M.B.A, Office of Public Health and Science

Rafael Mazin, M.D., M.P.H., Pan American Health Organization

CAPT Allan S. Noonan, M.D., M.P.H., Office of the Surgeon General

Marcy Ouellette, M.D., M.P.H., Office of Population Affairs

Michael W. Ross, Ph.D., M.P.H., University of Texas at Houston

Rachel Ross, Meharry Medical College

Denese O. Shervington, M.D., M.P.H., Office of Population Affairs

Shepherd Smith, Institute for Youth Development

Randolph Wykoff, M.D., Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Newport, Rhode Island

Discussion Group Leaders

John Bancroft, M.D., Indiana University

James Breiling, Ph.D., National Institute of Mental Health

Eli Coleman, Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Deborah Haffner, M.P.H., SIECUS

Julia Heiman, Ph.D., University of Washington

Linette Leibling, M.P.H., JSI Research and Training Institute

William Stayton, Th.D., Widener University

William Yarber, H.S.D., Indiana University

Warrenton, Virginia

Discussion Group Leaders

Christine Bachrach, Ph.D., National Institute for Child Health and Human Development

John Bancroft, M.D., Indiana University

James Breiling, Ph.D., National Institute of Mental Health

Linda Dominguez, R.N., N.P., Planned Parenthood of New Mexico

Elliot Dorff, Ph.D., University of Judaism

James Keenan, S.J., Ph.D., Weston Jesuit School of Theology

Jamie Feldman, M.D., Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Bronwyn Mayden, M.S.W., Campaign for Our Children

CAPT Allan Noonan, M.D., M.P.H., Office of the Surgeon General

Shepherd Smith, Institute for Youth Development

William Stayton, Th.D. Widener University

William Yarber, H.S.D., Indiana University

Reviewers

Nicole Lurie, M.D., M.S.P.H., (former) Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of Public Health and Science, USDHHS

Beverly L. Malone, Ph.D., R.N., (former) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of Public Health and Science, USDHHS

Numerous offices and agencies within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Christine Bachrach, Ph.D., National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

John Bancroft, M.D., Indiana University

Charles Cesaretti, Center for Sexuality and Religion

Linda Dominguez, R.N., N.P., Planned Parenthood of New Mexico

Elliot Dorff, Ph.D., University of Judaism

James Keenan, S.J., Ph.D., Weston Jesuit School of Theology

Jamie Feldman, M.D., Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Linda Fisher, Ph.D., American Association of Retired Persons

Douglas Kirby, Ph.D., ETR Associates

Joseph McIlaney, M.D., The Medical Institute for Sexual Health

Bronwyn Mayden, M.S.W., Campaign for Our Children

Rafael Mazin, Ph.D., Pan American Health Organization

Shepherd Smith, Institute for Youth Development

William Stayton, Th.D., Widener University

Francisco Sy, Ph.D., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Patricia F. Ware, P.F.W. Foundation

William Yarber, H.S.D. Indiana University