Toward an Internet-driven, Theoretically-based, Innovative Approach to Sex education.
Sex education is aimed at equipping individuals with sex-related information, motivation, and behavioral skills that will enable them to avoid sex-related problems and to achieve sexual well-being. Existing sex education programs are generally delivered via relatively passive classroom-based pedagog...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Sex Research Vol. 38; no. 4; pp. 324 - 333 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
November 2001
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