
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...