Birth to three matters - Communities and Local Government

AcknowledgementsThe authors and publishers wish to thankthe copyright holder, Caroline Meggitt forpermission to reproduce the diagram onthe six aspects of health (Figure 1,inchapter 6).The authors’ gratitude must also go to themembers of the Manchester MetropolitanUniversity Early Years Research Team,the‘Birth to Three Matters’ Steering andWorking Groups, the CCCUC Early YearsTeam and members of CISEC (the Centrefor International Studies in EarlyChildhood),and colleagues in other partsof the UK and other countries, forsuggested references, amendments andadditions, especially Tina Bruce, RebeccaGoldman, Lesley Staggs, Angela Nurse andKate Wall,whose thorough and supportivecritiques were most valuable.We should also thank the colleagues inso many fields and countries who havecarried out the exciting research aboutbabies and young children and whosework promotes the important message‘Birth to Three Matters.’ Most of all we wantto thank all the babies and young childrenwho have given us endless hours ofpleasure, as we have observed andinteracted with them. They have providedthe invaluable experiences that havehelped us understand and contextualisethe research.Tricia DavidKathy GoouchSacha PowellLesley AbbottAugust 20023