State Policy on School-based Sex Education: A Content Analysis Focused on Sexual Behaviors, Relationships, and Identities.
Objectives: Adolescents in the United States face crucial sexual health behavior issues, including consequences of sexually transmitted infections and diseases, pregnancy, and sexual violence. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth are disproportionately affected by these issues. State polici...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Health Behavior Vol. 43; no. 3; pp. 506 - 520 |
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PNG Publications
May/Jun2019
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