[CONTACT INFORMATION]
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
11301 Wilshire Blvd., ACOS/Education (14)
Los Angeles, CA 90073
Phone: 310-268-3632
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[AFFILIATION]
Adjunct Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

[EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS]
PhD, University of California Los Angeles, 1991
MPA, Health Care Management, University of Southern California, 1985
BS, Physical Therapy, California State University, Northridge, 1979

[RESEARCH INTERESTS]
Telerehabilitation and older adults

[RESEARCH INTEREST TOPIC AREAS]
Community-based participatory research
Frailty
Functional status
Geriatric rehabilitation and exercise
Health-related quality of life
Physical activity
Physical functioning

[SELECT PUBLICATIONS]
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Harada N, Sofaer S, and Kominski G. Functional status outcomes in rehabilitation – implications for prospective payment. Medical Care, 31(4):345-357, April 1993. URL - PMID: 8464251

Harada N, Kominski G, and Sofaer S. The development of a resource-based patient classification scheme for rehabilitation. Inquiry, 30(1):54-63, Spring 1993.
URL - PMID: 8454315

Harada N, Dhanani S, Elrod M, Hahn T, Kleinman L, Fang, M. Feasibility study of home telerehabilitation for physically inactivity older adults. Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development. 2010; 47(5): 465-476

Washington DL, Villa V, Brown A, Damron-Rodriguez J, Harada N. Racial/ethnic variations in veterans' ambulatory care use. American Journal of Public Health, 95(12): 2231-2237, December 2005.

Harada N, Chiu V, Damron-Rodriguez J, Fowler E, Siu A, Reuben D. Screening for balance and gait impairment in elderly individuals living in residential care facilities. Physical Therapy, 75(6):462-469, June 1995.

Harada N, Chiu V, Fowler E, Lee M, Reuben D. Physical therapy to improve functioning of older people in residential care facilities. Physical Therapy, 75(9):830-838, September 1995.

Harada N, Chiu V, Tsuneishi C, Fukuhara S, Makinodan T. Cross-cultural adaptation of the SF-36 Health Survey for Japanese-American elderly. Journal of Aging and Ethnicity, 1(2), 1998.

[OTHER GRANTS]
VA Rehabilitation Research and Development — Telerehabilitation for Deconditioned Older Adults. (PI: N. Harada)