Books by Mcneish

Diana McNeish began her career as a social worker and spent 10 years in local authority social services before moving into the voluntary sector. She is currently head of research at Barnardo's. Her particular research interests are the links between research, policy and practice and in young peoples' participation.

Tony Newman managed community based learning disability services in South Wales before joining Barnardo's in 1990 as a research officer. He is an honorary fellow of the University of Exeter. His main fields of interest are the promotion of resilience in children and the effect on children of parental illness and disability.

Helen Roberts is Professor of Child Health at City University, London. She is a non-executive director with Camden and Islington Health Authority, and is on the partnership board of Camden and Islington Health Action Zone. Her academic and practice interests are in evidence-based practice, and inequalities in child health.