John Gianvito is an assistant professor of visual arts and media at Emerson College, Boston. He is also a critically acclaimed film-maker and critic.
At a time both of considerable destructive disruption and of opportunities for development in community child health services, the book is a timely and readable attempt to define the breadth of health needs, the relatively undeveloped scientific base, and the various services that characterise current community child health. No other single publication encompasses all this, and we certainly intend to keep a copy to hand. I think departments of child health will find it well used and an asset as a primer in the taskswe undertake. I recommend this book to all professionals with a special interest in the background of community child health.