PDFs of Selected NICHD Publications

Below is a list of the PDF versions of selected NICHD Publications available on the site.

• A Child Becomes a Reader: Birth to Preschool (PDF - 307 KB)
• A Child Becomes a Reader: Kindergarten through Grade 3 (PDF - 518 KB)
• Adult & Family Literacy: Current Research & Future Directions: A Workshop Summary (PDF - 65 KB)
• Adventures in Parenting (PDF - 929 KB)
• Am I at risk for gestational diabetes? (PDF - 187 KB)
• An Activity Book for African American Families: Helping Children Cope with Crisis (PDF - 11.8 MB)
• America's Children: Key Indicators of Well-Being 2011 (PDF - 5.34 MB)
• America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being 2012 (PDF - 2.41 MB)
• Autism & Genes (PDF - 373 KB)
• Babies Sleep Safest on Their Backs: A Resource Kit to Reduce the Risk for SIDS in African American Communities (Includes Training Guides, 10 Brochures, 10 Doorhangers, 5 Magnets) (PDF - 2.46 MB)
• Biobehavioral Development Strategic Plan (PDF - 4.62 MB)
• Building Strong Bones: Calcium Information for Health Care Providers (PDF - 3.91 MB)
• Child Development & Behavior Branch (CDBB), NICHD, Report to the NACHHD Council, 2000 (PDF - 223 KB)
• Child Development & Behavior Branch (CDBB), NICHD, Report to the NACHHD Council, September 2004 (PDF - 409 KB)
• Child Development & Behavior Branch (CDBB), NICHD, Report to the NACHHD Council, January 2009 (PDF - 1.28 MB)
• Childhood Bilingualism: Current Status & Future Research Directions (PDF - 150 KB)
• Contraception & Reproductive Health Branch (CRHB), NICHD, Report to the NACHHD Council, September 1999 (PDF - 1.92 MB)
• Contraception & Reproductive Health Branch (CRHB), NICHD, Report to the NACHHD Council, January 2004 (PDF - 269 KB)
• Contraception & Reproductive Health Branch (CRHB), NICHD, Report to the NACHHD Council, June 2008 (PDF - 536 KB)
• Contraceptive Microbicide Research & Development Program: A Vision for the Future (PDF - 172 KB)
• Curriculum for Nurses: Continuing Education Program on SIDS Risk Reduction (PDF - 2.32 MB)
• Data Access & Archiving: Options for the Demographic & Behavioral Sciences Branch (DBSB) (PDF - 144 KB)
• Data Security Workshop Summary (PDF - 62 KB)
• Demographic & Behavioral Sciences Branch (DBSB), NICHD, Report to the NACHHD Council, June 1999 (PDF - 4.10 MB)
• Demographic & Behavioral Sciences Branch (DBSB), NICHD, Report to the NACHHD Council 2003 (PDF - 740 KB)
• Demographic & Behavioral Sciences Branch (DBSB), NICHD, Report to the NACHHD Council, September 2007 (PDF - 911 KB)
• Developing Early Literacy: Executive Summary of the National Early Literacy Panel (PDF - 681 KB)
• Developing Early Literacy: Report of the National Early Literacy Panel (PDF - 1.71 MB)
• Developmental Biology, Genetics, & Teratology Branch (DBGT), NICHD, Report to the NACHHD Council, 1998 (PDF - 3.60 MB)
• Developmental Biology, Genetics, & Teratology Branch (DBGT), NICHD, Report to the NACHHD Council, 2002 (PDF - 285 KB)
• Developmental Biology, Genetics, & Teratology Branch (DBGT), NICHD, Report to the NACHHD Council, September 2006 (PDF - 740 KB)
• Developmental Biology Strategic Plan (PDF - 2.83 MB)
• Diverse Voices: Inclusion of Language-Minority Populations in National Studies (PDF - 345 KB)
• Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, & Prevention Research (DESPR), NICHD: Report to the NACHHD Council, 2001 (PDF - 223 KB)
• Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, & Prevention Research (DESPR), NICHD, Report to the NACHHD Council, September 2005 (PDF - 854 KB)
• Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, & Prevention Research (DESPR), NICHD, Report to the NACHHD Council, January 2010 (PDF - 972 KB)
• Emergent & Early Literacy Workshop: Current Status & Research Directions (PDF - 88 KB)
• Early Beginnings: Early Literacy Knowledge & Instruction (A Guide for Early Childhood Administrators & Professional Development Providers) (PDF - 569 KB)
• Early Childhood Education & School Readiness: Conceptual Models, Constructs, & Measures (PDF - 349 KB)
• Endocrinology, Nutrition, & Growth Branch (ENGB), NICHD: Report to the NACHHD Council, 2000 (PDF - 288 KB)
• Endocrinology, Nutrition, & Growth Branch (ENGB), NICHD, Report to the NACHHD Council, January 2005 (PDF - 1.52 MB)
• Endocrinology, Nutrition, & Growth Branch (ENGB), NICHD, Report to the NACHHD Council, June 2009 (PDF - 1.00 MB)
• Families and Fragile X Syndrome (PDF - 3.36 MB)
• From Cells to Selves: NICHD Strategic Plan (PDF - 762 KB)
• Genetics & Fetal Antecedents of Disease Susceptibility Strategic Plan (PDF - 3.35 MB)
• The Global Network for Women's & Children's Health Research (PDF - 432 KB)
• Health Behaviors in School-Age Children (HBSC) 2005/2006 Survey: School Report (PDF - 1.66 MB)
• Health Disparities: Bridging the Gap (PDF - 1.07 MB)
• Healthy Native Babies Project Workbook Packet (includes Workbook, Handout, Toolkit Disk, & Toolkit User Guide) (PDF - 3.59 MB)
• Honor the Past, Learn for the Future: Reduce the Risk for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) (American Indian/Alaska Native Outreach) (PDF - 1.74 MB)
• Improving Academic Performance among American Indian, Alaska Native, & Native Hawaiian Students: Assessment of Learning & Identification of Learning Disabilities (PDF - 123 KB)
• Infant Sleep Position & SIDS: Questions & Answers for Health Care Providers (PDF - 7.34 MB)
• Innovations: Future Solutions Now - An NCMRR E-Update (Fall-Winter 2005) (PDF - 236 KB)
• Innovations: Future Solutions Now - An NCMRR E-Update (Summer-Fall 2006) (PDF - 345 KB)
• Innovations: Future Solutions Now - An NCMRR E-Update (Spring-Summer 2007) (PDF - 361 KB)
• Innovations: Future Solutions Now - An NCMRR E-Update (Winter 2007-Spring 2008) (PDF - 414 KB)
• Innovations: Future Solutions Now - An NCMRR E-Update (Winter 2008-2009) (PDF - 756 KB)
• Innovations: Future Solutions Now - An NCMRR E-Update (Summer-Fall 2010) (PDF - 546 KB)
• Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities (IDD) Branch, NICHD, Report to the NACHHD Council, September 2009 (PDF - 1.01 MB)
• Lactose Intolerance: Information for Health Care Providers (PDF - 2.51 MB)
• Managing Gestational Diabetes: A Patient's Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy (PDF - 13.2 MB)
• Media-Smart Youth: Eat, Think, & Be Active! Fact Sheet (PDF - 356 KB)
• Media-Smart Youth: Eat, Think, & Be Active! Packet for Training Program Facilitators (PDF - 7.88 MB)
• Media-Smart Youth: Eat, Think, & Be Active! Program Evaluation Fact Sheet (PDF - 300 KB)
• Media-Smart Youth: Eat, Think, & Be Active! Program Packet (PDF - 10.51 MB)
• Media-Smart Youth: Eat, Think, & Be Active! Report on the Evaluation of the Media-Smart Youth Curriculum (PDF - 1.51 MB)
• Media-Smart Youth Upgraded: Eat, Think, and Be Active Facilitator's Packet (DRAFT) (PDF - 30 MB)
• Media-Smart Youth Upgraded: Eat, Think, and Be Active! Fact Sheet (PDF - 523 KB)
• Media-Smart Youth Upgraded: Eat, Think, and Be Active Train-the-Trainer Packet (7.46 MB)
• Media-Smart Youth: Eat, Think, and Be Active Program Evaluation Fact Sheet (PDF - 268 KB)
• Mental Retardation & Developmental Disabilities Branch (MRDD), NICHD, Report to the NACHHD Council, 2001 (PDF - 253 KB)
• Mental Retardation & Developmental Disabilities Branch (MRDD), NICHD, Report to the NACHHD Council, June 2005 (PDF - 3.60 MB)
• Milk Matters: Bone Up on Bone Loss! Exercise to Build Healthy Bones! (PDF - 523 KB)
• Milk Matters: For Strong Bones...For Lifelong Health...Milk Matters! (PDF - 1.21 MB)
• Milk Matters: Free Materials Order Form (PDF - 259 KB)
• Milk Matters: Milk Matters with Buddy Brush Coloring Book (PDF - 718 KB)
• Milk Matters: Young teens need calcium...so pour it on! (Poster) (PDF - 162 KB)
• National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR), NICHD, 20th Anniversary Scientific Symposium Proceedings (PDF - 8.88 MB)
• National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR), NICHD, Report to the NACHHD Council, September 2001 (PDF - 301 KB)
• National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR), NICHD, Report to the NACHHD Council, January 2006 (PDF - 1.85 MB)
• National Symposium on Learning Disabilities in English Language Learners (ELL) (PDF - 292 KB)
• NICHD Information Resource Center (PDF - 144 KB)
• NICHD Reading Research Program Summary & Map (PDF - 799 KB)
• The NICHD Study of Early Child Care & Youth Development (SECCYD): Findings for Children up to Age 4 1/2 Years (PDF - 1.22 MB)
• NICHD Publications List (PDF - 180 KB)
• NIH Research Plan on Down Syndrome (PDF - 350 KB)
• NIH Research Plan on Fragile X Syndrome & Associated Disorders (PDF - 439 KB)
• NIH Research Plan on Vulvodynia (PDF - 746 KB)
• Neuroscience Research Support at the NICHD (PDF - 313 KB)
• Obstetric & Pediatric Pharmacology Branch (OPPB), NICHD, Report to the NACHHD Council, January 2008 (PDF - 302 KB)
• Pediatric, Adolescent, & Maternal AIDS Branch (PAMA), NICHD: Report to the NACHHD Council, 2003 (PDF - 445 KB)
• Pediatric, Adolescent, & Maternal AIDS Branch (PAMA), NICHD, Report to the NACHHD Council, June 2007 (PDF - 520 KB)
• Put Reading First: The Research Building Blocks for Teaching Children to Read (PDF - 611 KB)
• Pregnancy & Perinatology Branch (PPB), NICHD: A Strategic Plan 2005-2010 (PDF - 634 KB)
• Pregnancy & Perinatology Branch (PPB), NICHD, Report to the NACHHD Council, January 2000 (PDF - 3.72 MB)
• Pregnancy & Perinatology Branch (PPB), NICHD; Report to the NACHHD Council, June 2004 (PDF - 743 KB)
• Pregnancy & Perinatology Branch (PPB), NICHD, Report to the NACHHD Council, September 2008 (PDF - 1.15 MB)
• Prematurity Research at the NIH (PDF - 70 KB)
• Project Update: New Network on Adolescent Literacy (PDF - 446 KB)
• Put Reading First: Helping Your Child Learn to Read (PDF - 815 KB)
• Report of a Workshop: Bias in Intervention Research (PDF - 112 KB)
• Report of the National Reading Panel: Teaching Children to Read: Reports of the Subgroups (PDF - 3.56 MB)
• Reproductive Health in the 21st Century Strategic Plan (PDF - 4.57 MB)
• Reproductive Sciences Branch (RSB), NICHD, Report to the NACHHD Council, September 1998 (PDF - 1.48 MB)
• Reproductive Sciences Branch (RSB), NICHD, Report to the NACHHD Council, 2002 (PDF - 401 KB)
• Reproductive Sciences Branch (RSB), NICHD, Report to the NACHHD Council, January 2007 (PDF - 695 KB)
• Research Plan for the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR) (PDF - 228 KB)
• Review of the Population Research Infrastructure Program (PRIP) 2004 (PDF - 284 KB)
• Safe to Sleep Doorhanger for African American Audiences (PDF - 1.37 MB)
• Safe to Sleep Doorhanger for General Audiences (PDF - 1 MB)
• Safe Sleep for My Grandbaby: Reduce the Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) (PDF - 17.4 MB)
• Safe Sleep for Your Baby: Reduce the Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) & Other Sleep-Related Causes of Infant Death (PDF - 772 KB)
• Safe Sleep for Your Baby: Reduce the Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) & Other Sleep-Related Causes of Infant Death (American Indian/Alaska Native Outreach) (PDF - 937 KB)
• Safe Sleep for Your Baby: Reduce the Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) & Other Sleep-Related Causes of infant Death (African American Outreach) (PDF - 864 KB)
• Safe Sleep for Your Grandbaby: Reduce the Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and Other Sleep-Related Causes of Infant Death (PDF - 464 KB)
• Safe to Sleep Campaign Materials Order Form (PDF - 77 KB)
• Scientific Vision: The Next Decade (PDF - 1.99 MB)
• Shining Stars: Toddlers - Get Ready to Read (PDF - 284 KB)
• Shining Stars: Preschoolers - Get Ready to Read (PDF - 400 KB)
• Shining Stars: Kindergartners - Get Ready to Read (PDF - 373 KB)
• Shining Stars: First Graders - Learn to Read (PDF - 318 KB)
• Shining Stars: Second & Third Graders - Learn to Read (PDF - 1.86 MB)
• Targeting Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS): A Strategic Plan (PDF - 855 KB)
• Timing, Intensity, & Duration of Rehabilitation for Hip Fracture & Stroke Workshop Summary (PDF - 203 KB)
• Using Research & Reason in Education: How Teachers Can Use Scientifically Based Research to Make Curricular & Instructional Decisions (PDF - 227 KB)
• Vulvodynia: Toward Understanding a Pain Syndrome (PDF - 211 KB)
• What Content-Area Teachers Should Know About Adolescent Literacy (PDF - 1.29 MB)
• What does a safe sleep environment look like? Reduce the Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) & Other Sleep-Related Causes of Infant Death (PDF - 334 KB)
• What is Scientifically Based Research? (A Guide for Teachers) (PDF - 464 KB)
• What is the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)? (PDF - 1.07 MB)
• Workshop Summary: The Role of Genetics in the Health Disparity of Preterm Birth & Low Birth Weight Infants (PDF - 86 KB)
• Workshop on Children Exposed to Violence: Current Status, Gaps, & Research Priorities (PDF - 462 KB)
• Workshop to Develop an Agenda on Research Settings for Rehabilitation (PDF - 114 KB)

En Español

• ¿Cuál es la apariencia de un ambiente seguro para dormir? Reduzca el riesgo del síndrome de muerte súbita del bebé y de otras causas de muerte relacionadas con el sueño (PDF - 292 KB)
• El Autismo y los Genes (PDF - 290 KB)
• Fibromas Uterinos (PDF - 1.27 MB)
• La Endometriosis (PDF - 8.84 MB)
• La Lectura Es Lo Primero: Como Ayudar A Su Hijo A Aprender A Leer: Una Guia Para Padres De Familia: Del Preescolar Al Tercer Grado (PDF - 217 KB)
• Los muchachos jóvenes necesitan calcio...y ¡que mejor que la leche! (PDF - 2.34 MB)
• Ponga a su bebe a dormir sin peligro (PDF - 74 KB)
• Ponga a su bebé a dormir sin peligro: Reduzca el riesgo del síndrome de muerte súbita del bebé y de otras causas de muerte relacionadas con el sueño (PDF - 674 KB)
• Ponga a su bebé a dormir sin peligro: Reduzca el riesgo del síndrome de muerte súbita del bebé y de otras causas de muerte relacionadas con el sueño (2013) (PDF - 415 KB)
• Ponga a su nieto o nieta a dormir sin peligro: Reduzca el riesgo del síndrome de muerte súbita del bebé (PDF - 3.22 MB)
• Qué significa ser padres? Guía para ayudarlos a tener éxito como padres y madres de familia (PDF - 51 MB)
• Salud con leche...Para huesos fuertes...Para toda su vida (PDF - 1.14 MB)
• Salud con leche! y el Amiguito Cepillito (PDF - 1.00 MB)
• Seguro al Dormir Español Tarjeta (PDF - 1,1 MB)
• Una Breva Introduccion al Autismo: Lo Que Sabemos (PDF - 238 KB)