• 저자 : 이재득, 이행숙
• 연도 : 2002
• 학술지명 및 학회명 : 한국비교정부학회
• 학회 대분류 : 사회과학
• 학회중분류 : 행정학
• 분류 : 정책
• 원문제공처 : 한국학술정보원(KISS)
• 검색어 : 미혼모
• 분류 : 한부모 당사자
• 영문초록 : The ever-lowering age of sexual intercourse and increase of teenage pregnancy is an unavoidable reality but for which no transparent policy has been adopted in korea. To ameliorate this reality, this study intended to institutionally compare Korea and the U.S. with particular respect to teenage pregnancy policy so that this study can contribute to the policy agenda setting of teenage pregnancy policy. The policy objective construed in this study was the prevention and care of pregnant teenage and the policy means to fulfill this objective were searched in terms of welfare facilities, education/ training programs, and laws and finance. The results and policy suggestions of this study were as follows: First, in case of welfare facilities advertisement for such facilities has been insufficient as well as the number of such facilities was insufficient, so that the increase in number of welfare facilities for pregnant teenage will have to be pursued at the local community level; Second in case of education/ train programs, a one-round, formal lecture-type education is presently dominating, let alone the post-pregnancy programs relevancy to recovering a normal life, so that education and training programs for pregnant teenage must reflect their real needs and demands; and, Third, in case of laws and finance, the moral responsibility of father of teenage-born babies has been lacking, so that the government must seriously consider the legal sanctions on "being a father" of the teenage pregnancy.

The ever-lowering age of sexual intercourse and increase of teenage pregnancy is an unavoidable reality but for which no transparent policy has been adopted in korea. To ameliorate this reality, this study intended to institutionally compare Korea and the U.S. with particular respect to teenage pregnancy policy so that this study can contribute to the policy agenda setting of teenage pregnancy policy. The policy objective construed in this study was the prevention and care of pregnant teenage and the policy means to fulfill this objective were searched in terms of welfare facilities, education/ training programs, and laws and finance. The results and policy suggestions of this study were as follows: First, in case of welfare facilities advertisement for such facilities has been insufficient as well as the number of such facilities was insufficient, so that the increase in number of welfare facilities for pregnant teenage will have to be pursued at the local community level; Second in case of education/ train programs, a one-round, formal lecture-type education is presently dominating, let alone the post-pregnancy programs relevancy to recovering a normal life, so that education and training programs for pregnant teenage must reflect their real needs and demands; and, Third, in case of laws and finance, the moral responsibility of father of teenage-born babies has been lacking, so that the government must seriously consider the legal sanctions on "being a father" of the teenage pregnancy.