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Health Happens Here: How Furman is Bringing Community Health Education to People
From Community Health Conversations to a new podcast and online community health courses, Furman’s Institute for the Advancement of Community Health is building a shared language around what it really means to be well together....
Continue ReadingBuilding a Stronger Foundation for Community Health Across South Carolina
Communities thrive when people have a shared understanding of the factors that influence health and well-being. To help build that foundation across South Carolina, the Institute for the Advancement of Community Health at Furman University...
Continue ReadingFrom Furman to Law: How IACH Sparked Rachel Housworth’s Career Journey
[caption id="attachment_875" align="alignleft" width="150"] Rachel Housworth '25[/caption] Rachel Housworth’s passion for community health began during a transformative May Experience trip to Cambodia with Furman’s Institute for the Advancement of Community Health. She discovered how policies...
Continue ReadingIACH Community Health Conversations: Dialogue That Drives Change
Launched in 2024, the Institute for the Advancement of Community Health’s Community Health Conversations series was created to spark meaningful dialogue around the social and structural drivers that shape health. What began as an idea...
Continue ReadingBuilding Brighter Tomorrows: Advancing Community Health in 2026 and Beyond
How do we build communities where every child, family, and neighborhood can thrive? What does it take to move beyond awareness and into action on the social and community conditions that shape our health? These...
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