Chighaf Bakour, Ph.D.

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Dr. Chighaf Bakour is an associate professor of epidemiology at the college of public health at the University of South Florida.

We surveyed 1,500 Florida kids about cellphones and their mental health – what we learned suggests school phone bans may have important but limited effects

The study suggests that banning phones may not be an easy fix for students’ mental health problems, poor academic performance, or cyberbullying, but the policies can have other benefits.

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