Dale Quinney, former Executive Director of Arha, won the prize to the President of the National Association of Rural Health in 2022. Below is the announcement of Nrha in recognition of Dale’s achievements:
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As Executive Director of the Alabama Rural Health Association for 16 years, Dale Quinney has made the difference when using data to offer a powerful rural message of messages. Your special talent is to know how to present data to generate the necessary reaction to promulgate change.
In 2009 and again in 2013, Dale produced the reports of health status indicators selected for each of the 67 Alabama counties. These reports presented measures on more than 90 health status indicators, comparing the county with the State and the Nation in each indicator. These reports were used to identify local health problems and obtain additional information to write more competitive subsidies requests. He shared the report with local documents, elected officials and other interested parties to show medical care as an economic factor.
Dale served as leader of a team of data specialists to develop the first community health evaluation for Alabama, working with the Alabama Public Health Department and 300 other organizations. The team determined the ten main health problems through large surveys, and compiled them in a detailed report that had special emphasis on the rural areas of Alabama.
Give it up data to save the Wedowee hospital. Randolph County had already lost its largest hospital and the hospital in Wedowee was old and in poor condition. A large medical center in Georgia agreed personally and provided a new hospital in Wedowe if the county could provide 20 million to build the installation.
Dale was contacted by a member of the County Commission and asked him to speak in a public forum that promised to be heated. The surveys indicated that people were not going to approve a sales tax of 1 cent to building the hospital since they already paid a property tax for medical care. In the Public Forum, Dale said that Randolph County had the second mortality rate for car accidents of motor vehicles, the third highest accidental firearms death rate and the highest second death among the 67 Alabama counties. He pointed out that the thesis were situations in which the victims needed to arrive at the emergency department of the hospital as soon as possible.
His comments, together with additional information that provided the local newspaper, received credit for changing public opinion on the proposition tax. It was approved, receiving 84% of the votes.
Their colleagues from other state associations of rural health have wonderful comments about their work:
Ryan Kelly of Mississippi says: “For the first time that I with Dale Quinney, I could instantly say that his passion to improve rural health was deeper than a race. He lived in Rural Alabama, his free time sincerely wanted the best for all people.
Tina Elliot de Indiana commented: “I have enjoyed knowing Dale in several national events of the Rural Health Association and learning about how it meets the needs of rural communities that the operation of the operation of rural floods. They are critical for the survival of rural communities that produce economic impacts for all. The workforce of medical care and create opportunities for interprofessional education.”
Beth O’Connor, who, as president of 2022 Nrha, selected Dale, added: “With respect to the state it represents, Virginia, gave it impressed in me the need to transmit information to our elected officials with respect to everything that rural communities do to support the United States as a whole. It helped me to understand how rural communities must stop committing the resources that come from our land The rural support in the Urbans “”. ” “.” “
Dale has received many praise for his work, including the DG Gill Award for making an exceptional contribution to public health in Alabama and the Ira Myers Award. This is the most prestigious public health award in Alabama and is presented to those who have a significant impact on public health in Alabama. Dale is one of the only two non -physical to receive the Ira Myers Award.
Dale insists that your most important recognition is your family. He and his wife, Susan, have married for 46 years. His children Brent and Leigh, along with their spouses, carry out Dale’s legacy when making their own contributions to medical care in Alabama. Dale and Susan have six granddaughters, including two twin series.
Addressing the rural crisis in many local states and communities requires leadership, commitment and coordination, and Dale Quinney has offered them to the Rural Alabama and Rural America. 2.2