title: [Psychosexual development and sexual education].
abstract: The bio-environmental influence on the sexual development and ripeness includes to the morality as the essential element of the behavioral expression. There are few studies directed to the interface between the healthy sexual development and the early intervention destined for the child-youth sexual risky behaviors. A suitable development sociomoral waits that every individual genuine participant and healthily in his sexuality to share it with another human being, without moving away from his expression. Some behavioral differences between the genders are described; goals of development; importance of assigning sexual education to the child-youth population, its vectors and preventive recommendations in domestic and/or school ambiences, directed to the personnel of health, as the avoidance of not wished pregnancy, the prevention of STD and other behaviors of risk. It is invited to the revaluation of the welfare services; supervision of programs, familiar participation; increase of the education in means of information, with personal and social responsibility. Such a consolidation requires from the health personnel the fulfillment of the educational-preventive recommendations of the professional performance to the advantage of a responsible practice.
authors.affiliation: Sección Permanente de Sexología Médica de la Asociación Psiquiátrica Mexicana AC. souzaym@prodigy.net.mx
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Souza y Machorro
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D011606:Psychosexual Development; D012736:Sex Education