Headquartered in Albuquerque, Project ECHO supported our home state through 65 programs improving health and education access for all New Mexicans.
To address the systemic impacts of substance use in New Mexico, we launched two programs to provide treatment and medical care to two vulnerable populations: incarcerated individuals and people experiencing homelessness.
In response to a nationwide syphilis outbreak, we were able to quickly stand up an ECHO program to
disseminate best practices in prevention and treatment, especially for marginalized populations.
Our programming to support New Mexico’s public education system reached more than 4,000 educators in support of the state’s priorities: literacy, STEM and workforce resilience. And, in response to the youth mental health crisis, we created an ECHO program to support suicide prevention.
Since 2009, the New Mexico Peer Education Project team has been successfully training peer educators to teach other incarcerated individuals about hepatitis C prevention and treatment.
Today, PEP’s success is well-known in New Mexico, operating in all of the state’s prison facilities. Several other states and two countries have followed in its footsteps.
New Mexico has the highest rate of children with four, or more, adverse childhood experiences in the country.
Project ECHO supports a novel solution to a crisis: establishing a cross-community network of professionals using an “all teach, all learn” approach to support kids that could otherwise fall through the cracks.
The New Mexico Community Health Worker and Peer Support Worker Opioid ECHO Program demonstrates how the ECHO Model bridges critical training gaps for frontline providers.
These critical support professionals learn best practices and share knowledge; and they have the opportunity to build meaningful relationships in their field. A strong professional network is a lifeline for workforce resilience; and it’s a lifesaving resource for better, faster solutions for clients recovering from opioid use disorders, says Matthew Pettit, a peer support worker.
MSN, RN, CCM
United Healthcare Community Plan of Washington,
Healthy First Steps Program Manager
New Mexico Improving Perinatal Health ECHO Program
This ECHO program has given me education and empowerment to improve the services we offer our pregnant and postpartum members, as well as inform other stakeholders of current trends and evidence-based practice. I am more able to actively participate in maternal health quality efforts and am grateful for the connections and collaboration I have experienced.