Learn about how NICHD research helps improve infant care and infant health. Charting a Roadmap for the Next Five Years. Released in January, the NICHD Strategic Plan 2025 lays out updated priorities …

It was in this context that the NICHD Protocol was developed. It aimed to provide clear and concrete guidance about what interviewers should aim to do when interviewing suspected victims.

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), part of the National Institute for Health (NIH) was founded in 1962 to investigate human development throughout the entire life …

NICHD has made numerous contributions to improving the health of children, adults, families, and communities. Selected research advances from 2015 include improving the health of infants born …

Enter the Child's Birth Date (mm/dd/yyyy). Enter the Developmental Test Visit Date (mm/dd/yyyy). Enter the Estimated Gestational Age at Birth (in Weeks) (18-40). Enter the Estimated Gestational Age at …

The NICHD developed and validated this protocol as a training tool to help interviewers conduct better quality interviews and maintain high standards. Practitioners and researchers alike realized that there …

Under “Research Capacity and Scientific Stewardship,” the 2025 plan notes priorities to support training and career development, facilitating data sharing and access to biospecimens, and partnering to …

As of June 2021, the NICHD Network consists of 25 domestic and international clinical centers (15 in the U.S. , five sites in Brazil, two sites in Thailand, one site in Uganda, one site in Kenya and one site in …

Examining the relationship between infants' childcare arrangements (defined in terms of hours, type, quality, and stability of care and the age at which the child entered care) and children's concurrent …

The NICHD was established by congress in 1962 to investigate the broad aspects of human development as a means of understanding developmental disabilities, including intellectual and …