What do young people want from sex education: The results of a needs assessment from a peer-led sex education programme

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 337-354

  Forrest, Simon ^a   Strange, Vicki ^b   Oakley, Ann ^b   Johnson, Anne ^c   Stephenson, Judith ^c   Black, Stephanie ^c   Flux, Angela ^d   Charleston, Susan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JEALOUSY; LOVE; MALE; MASTURBATION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STUDENT; TEACHER; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 3242813904     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691050310001645050     Document Type: Article

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