Caregiver alcohol use and child maltreatment with June Leung
Addiction Audio22 Aug 2025

Caregiver alcohol use and child maltreatment with June Leung

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 do and do not suggest for the wider alcohol literature [07:28]

· What the implications of the findings are for policy and practice [08:29]

· The challenges in conducting the review [11:02]

· The limitations of the study [13:08]

· The surprising aspects of conducting this review [15:12]

About June Leung: Dr Leung is Senior Research Officer at SHORE & Whariki Research Centre, Massey University, based in Auckland, New Zealand. Her research focuses on global alcohol policy, alcohol industry influence, and the epidemiology of chronic diseases. She is also a public health physician by training and a fellow of the New Zealand College of Public Health Medicine and the Hong Kong College of Community Medicine. She completed her undergraduate medical degree (MBBS), Master of Public Health (MPH) and Doctor of Medicine (MD) at The University of Hong Kong. Dr Leung has no conflicts of interest to declare.

About Zoe Swithenbank: Dr Zoe Swithenbank is a senior research associate at Lancaster University, currently working on a National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) funded research project exploring treatment pathways for co-occurring alcohol and mental health problems. She recently completed her SSA funded PhD at Liverpool John Moores University on behavioural interventions for smoking cessation in substance use treatment services. Prior to starting her academic career, Zoe worked in health services including substance use, mental health, and homeless services, and these experiences shaped her research interests, as well as her commitment to the inclusion of people with lived experience in research.


Original review: The association of parental or caregiver alcohol use with child maltreatment: A systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies https://doi.org/10.1111/add.70055

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