Caregiver alcohol use and child maltreatment with June Leung

S3E12 - Caregiver alcohol use and child maltreatment with June Leung

Published: August 22, 2025

Duration: 18:19

In this episode, Dr Zoe Swithenbank speaks to Dr June Leung, a senior researcher at the SHORE and Whariki Research Centre at Massey University in New Zealand. The interview covers June’s systematic review and meta-analysis on the association of parental or caregiver alcohol use with child maltreatment.

·      An overview of the review and the definition and forms of child maltreatment [01:00]

·      Why it is important to look at all forms of child maltreatment [03:48]

·      Quantifying the harms of alcohol and identifying preventable risk factors [05:00]

·      The take home messages of the study [06:23]

·      What June’s findings...