- Royce Fellowship
Zoe
Billinkoff
Concentration
Public Policy and American Institutions
Award Year
2004
Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening in the Netherlands: A Case Study of the Scientific Evidence and Socio-Political Values in the Establishment of Two Sets of Age Guidelines
Faculty Sponsor: William Rakowski
Zoe studied the socio-political aspects of the establishment of national age guidelines in screening for breast and cervical cancer in the Netherlands by conducting interviews with research scientists, advocacy groups, stakeholders and healthcare providers. Her qualitative study addressed effects of philosophy, system reforms and history on screening policy, and contributed to what is so far a primarily quantitative body of literature on cancer screening policies.