Adolescent health and the importance of sexuality education

A dolescence is the ultimate phase of development, the last stage of the individual during his/her course towards maturity. We call adolescence the evolutionary progress in human life which starts “biologically” with the changes at the physiology of the pubis and completes “psychologically” with the ultimate organization of sexuality.[1] It covers the period between pubescence, during which the secondary sex characteristics appear and the age of about 18 to 20 years.[2] The term “teenager” is not completely accurate: it may refer to