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Center for Health Policy | Podcast

How School Safety Policies Affect Student Well-Being

May 12, 2026 | Zoabe Hafeez, Heidi Russell
Student walking toward school bus

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Zoabe Hafeez

Nonresident Fellow

Heidi Russell

Director, Center for Health Policy, L.E. and Virginia Simmons Senior Fellow in Health Policy, Huffington Fellow in Child Health Policy

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About the Episode

Heidi Russell speaks with Zoabe Hafeez about the broad scope of physical safety in schools, ranging from violence prevention to environmental health. The conversation explores how policy can balance campus security with students’ emotional and mental well-being

This conversation was recorded on March 23, 2026.

Listen and subscribe on your preferred podcast platform.

Mentioned in this episode:

  • Peter Gray
  • Jonathan Haidt, “The Anxious Generation.”
  • Lenore Skenazy, Let It Grow Play Club
  • The Journal of Pediatrics
  • Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

About ‘Child Health Advocacy + Policy’

Clear, expert-informed conversations on child health and the policies that shape children’s lives, hosted by Heidi Russell, director of the Baker Institute Center for Health Policy.

 

 

This material may be quoted or reproduced without prior permission, provided appropriate credit is given to the author and Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. The views expressed herein are those of the individual author(s), and do not necessarily represent the views of Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.

© 2026 Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy
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