TEAM IPOV
University of Maryland - Undergraduate Honors college Research
ABOUT Gemstone and IPOV
The GEMSTONE Program at the University of Maryland is a multidisciplinary research honors program comprised of undergraduate students of a wide variety of majors. Team IPOV is a junior team, Class of 2021, that is researching the reasoning behind vaccination resistance and potential ways to combat it.
About us
Our mission statement
Team IPOV aims to further currently known information on human thoughts and behaviors relating to vaccinations. We hope to expand upon literature and knowledge to provide solutions to the resistance of vaccinations. Team IPOV hopes to improve the ability to prevent the continuing spread of diseases that threaten the well-being of those around us and that are preventable.
The Current problem
Although we have the tools and technology to create an effective solution and system to prevent certain widespread diseases, we are unable to uncover the exact reasoning behind the resistance to disease prevention. Parents who chose to not administer vaccinations to their children put their surrounding community at risk, and they put their own children at risk. Many studies and much research has been done about vaccinations and its effect on the United States, but many questions remain.
The Research Question
The research that our group will conduct aims to discover the reasoning behind the skepticism of vaccines and to develop known research around this topic. Why do parents resist vaccinations? What are parents' beliefs surrounding vaccinations?
The project scope
Our team will be examining past literature, taking surveys, and conducting interviews to obtain data. We will then use different computer systems of programming languages to draw conclusions.
Parents, children, Doctors and Physicians will all be affected by this research. Those who are living in areas of low vaccination are at high risk of exposure to these diseases will also be greatly affected.