The Local Health Department (LHD) ECHO was designed to identify ways to increase the impact of your work while building your network with staff at other local health departments in Indiana.
Training topics focused on epidemiology and infection prevention. This program was designed to be relevant and flexible to your schedule.
We want to hear your voice. Share your community’s public health priorities and help other LHDs achieve their public health goals. Gain important training in epidemiology and new ideas for how to deal with specialty cases (e.g. TB, syphilis). Learn tangible steps from your LHD peers to improve your county's responses to the urgent and complex needs of your community.
ECHO is here to be relevant and not waste your time. Invite any staff from your LHD to join the sessions that are most useful to their work and to your community. By participating in ECHO, your staff can receive a certificate from the Indiana University Indianapolis ECHO Center.
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) created the Project Firstline curriculum to focus on infection prevention and control (IPC) training. The CDC directed states to share this curriculum with all local health departments.
The Indiana Department of Health (IDOH) partnered with the Indiana University Indianapolis ECHO Center to create the LHD ECHO program that provides the required Project Firstline Training in a way that is relevant, timely, and meets your needs.
| Date | Didactic Topic |
| 02/02/2022 | The Concept of Infection Control + Introductions |
| 02/09/2022 | The Basic Science of Viruses + How Viruses Spread from Surfaces to People |
| 02/16/2022 | Addressing Staff Burnout |
| 02/23/2022 | How Respiratory Droplets Spread + How COVID-19 Spreads |
| 03/02/2022 | Multi-Dose Vials |
| 03/09/2022 | PPE Part III + Mask Type/Effectiveness Discussion |
| 03/16/2022 | Hand Hygiene + Environmental Cleaning & Disinfecting |
| 03/23/2022 | Virus Strains + Asymptomatic Spread of COVID-19 |
| 03/30/2022 | PPE Parts I & II |
| 04/06/2022 | Infection Prevention 101 + Syphilis |
| 04/13/2022 | Fundamental Principles of Epidemiology & Applications in Public Health at the Local Level |
| 04/20/2022 | Source Control + Community Stories |
| 04/27/2022 | Tuberculosis + Data Interpretation & Summary Statistics |
| 05/04/2022 | Epidemiology for Outbreak Investigations & Ruling Out Confounding Instances |
| 05/11/2022 | How to Calculate, Interpret, and Share Meaningful Results |
| 05/18/2022 | HCV + Moving Forward with Project First Line |
Public Health Educator | Indiana Department of Health Epidemiology Research Center
Healthcare-Associated Infections Coordinator | Indiana Department of Health Epidemiology Research Center
Director | IU Indianapolis ECHO Center
Program Management Specialist | IU Indianapolis ECHO Center
Health Education Specialist | Indiana Department of Health
Health Officer | Clark County Health Department
