Safety Pinpoint

Inspiration

We were inspired to create this project because many people forget to get their vaccinations, causing millions of preventable deaths, especially among children. Lack of vaccination lead can lead to disease, which is why we want to raise awareness to the importance of vaccination especially for children and mothers who just gave birth.

What it does

Our website allows users to keep track of when both parents and children’s vaccination appointments are by sending an email to parents. We also show interactive charts of data relating to important information for families, such as stillborn deaths connected to race.

How we built it

We used React for frontend, NodeJS and Express for backend, and Firestore for the database. Auth0 is used for authentication and login mechanism. We use Pandas, Python for cleaning and processing data for the data analysis.

Challenges we ran into

We had a lot of trouble in brainstorming proper idea that suites the "Public Safety" Challenge. This left us with spending a lot of time designing an idea that would actually be meaningful and used by the general public.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We were able to create a unique website that allows people to take their health into their own hands and bring awareness to such an important issue.

What we learned

We learned how to use React, Auth0, and coding under the pressure of a time constraint.

What's next for Safety Pinpoint

A big part of our project is awareness. For this reason, the next step is marketing our website and data to the best of our ability, specially to new parents (the primary focal point of our project). We believe that if we market to parents, they will be able to spread the information they learn to other families.