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NICHD
National Institute of
Child Health and
Human Development
National Institute of Health
For more information, please
contact the NICHD Information Resource Center (IRC) at:
P.O. Box 3006 Rockville,
MD 20847
1-800-370-2943
fax: 301-394-1473
e-mail: NICHDInformationResourceCenter@mail.nih.gov
www.nichd.nih.gov
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The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), created by Congress in 1962, supports and conducts research on topics related to the health of children, adults, families, and populations. Some of these health topics include:
- Reducing infant deaths;
- Improving the health of women and men;
- Understanding reproductive health;
- Learning about growth and development;
- Examining problems of birth defects and mental retardation; and
- Enhancing function and involvement across the life span through medical rehabilitation research.
The NICHD is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the federal government’s major medical research agency. For decades, people have turned to the NICHD for important health research advances and results. NICHD research focuses on these ideas:
- Events that happen prior to and throughout pregnancy as well as during childhood have a great impact on the health and well-being of adults;
- Human growth and development is a life-long process that has many phases and functions;
- Learning about the reproductive health of men and women and educating people about reproductive practices is important to both individuals and societies; and
- Developing medical rehabilitation interventions can improve the health and well-being of people with disabilities.
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