Dannielle Post

Dr Dannielle Post

Program Director

School of Public Health

College of Health

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Available For Media Comment.

Dr Dannielle Post is the Program Director of the Bachelor of Public Health (BPUHL) and the Academic Coordinator for the Healthy Choices Community  Program.
Dannielle holds a PhD, Master of Public Health, and a Bachelor of Medical Science, with additional post-graduate training in public health research and evaluation.
Dannielle conducts research and teaching within the fields of health promotion, public health, and program design, implementation, and evaluation. She has a number of years’ experience teaching courses that seek to provide students with an understanding of public health, evaluation, and how the social determinants of health contribute to the health of populations.
Dannielle’s research investigates the physical and psychological health and wellbeing of family carers, in particular families of Veterans and First Responders. She is also involved in research related to social prescription, arts and dementia, student wellbeing, aged care, chronic disease, human-and-animal relationships in public health, and Voluntary Assisted Dying.
Dannielle is an IUHPE-Registered Health Promotion Practitioner; an Accredited Trainer: Connecting with People: Suicide Awareness & Suicide Response Part 1, an Australian Mental Health Leaders Fellow (Cohort 3, 2019-2020), a member of the Alliance for Research, Exercise, Nutrition and Activity (ARENA); and a member of the Wellbeing for Austalian Veterans and Emergency Services (WAVES) Program Executive.

Dr Dannielle Post undertakes research that explores physical and psychological wellbeing, and the development, implementation, and evaluation of health promotion programs. She leads the evaluation of Adelaide University’s Wellbeing for Australian Veterans and Emergency Services (WAVES) Program, oversaw the development and implementation of the evaluation framework for WAVES, and led first-of-its-kind research in Australia assessing relationships between physical and psychological wellbeing of family care-partners of veterans. She has since collaborated with colleagues and family members of veterans to undertake research exploring the emotional and practical needs of family care-partners of veterans. Dannielle has also been involved in research evaluating the use of digital technology in a social day program for people living with dementia; the assessment of older adults’ hydration in residential aged care; and the evaluation of the EP in aged care program for people living with dementia in residential aged care. In addition to the ongoing evaluation of the WAVES Program, she currently works with colleagues on projects that include investigating the experiences of students placed in the Healthy Choices community program; the use of arts to support people living with dementia and their family carers; and the extent of advocacy curricula in Australian Public Health degrees. Dannielle conducts research within the fields of health promotion, public health, public health epidemiology, and program design, implementation, and evaluation.

Year Citation
2026 Bhatti, A. J., Post, D., Dawes, N., Lin, S., Francis, K. L., Chau, J. Y., & Amin, J. (2026). Advocacy in Public Health Curricula: Exploring Gaps and Identifying Strategies for Strengthening Teaching Public Health Advocacy. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 37(2), 14 pages.
DOI Europe PMC1
2025 Post, D., Whitson, K., & Parfitt, G. (2025). Implementation of New Technologies in an Aged Care Social Day Program: Mixed Methods Evaluation. Jmir Aging, 8, 11 pages.
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2025 Post, D., Baker, A., Milanese, S., Freegard, S., & Parfitt, G. (2025). "I know I can do anything I set my mind to now." From the Invictus Pathways Program to representing Australia competitively: a qualitative analysis of the perceptions and experiences of veterans and their family support networks about the impact of participation. Journal of Military Social Work and Behavioral Health Services, 13(1), 1-8.
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2025 Greenham, G., Post, D., Cockram, H., Parfitt, G., & Nelson, M. J. (2025). Developing the skills of future allied health professionals to work effectively with veterans and first responders. FOCUS ON HEALTH PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION-A MULTIDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL, 26(2), 1-20.
2024 Post, D., Parfitt, G., Baldock, K., Gunn, K. M., Field, C., & Reggett, D. (2024). Understanding the emotional and practical support needs of family care-partners of Veterans to promote well-being. Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health, 10(2), 109-121.
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2024 Lock, M., Post, D., Dollman, J., & Parfitt, G. (2024). The effects of a theory-informed intervention on physical activity behaviour, motivation and well-being of frontline aged care workers: A pilot study with 6-month follow-up. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 35(1), 207-219.
DOI Scopus3 WoS3 Europe PMC2
2023 Lim, R., Dumuid, D., Parfitt, G., Stanford, T., Post, D., Bilton, R., . . . Roughead, E. E. (2023). Using wrist-worn accelerometers to identify the impact of medicines with anticholinergic or sedative properties on sedentary time: A 12-month prospective analysis. Maturitas, 172, 9-14.
DOI Scopus9 WoS9 Europe PMC8
2023 Post, D., Baker, A., Milanese, S., Freegard, S., & Parfitt, G. (2023). Process evaluation of the Invictus Pathways Program. Plos One, 18(11 November), 25 pages.
DOI Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC1
2023 Post, D., Baker, A., Milanese, S., Freegard, S., & Parfitt, G. (2023). The physical, psychological, and social impacts of participation in the Invictus Pathways Program: A qualitative analysis of veterans’ perceptions and experiences. Plos One, 18(10 October), 20 pages.
DOI Scopus5 WoS5 Europe PMC2
2022 Roughead, E. E., Pratt, N. L., Parfitt, G., Rowett, D., Kalisch-Ellett, L. M., Bereznicki, L., . . . Lim, R. (2022). Effect of an ongoing pharmacist service to reduce medicine-induced deterioration and adverse reactions in aged-care facilities (nursing homes): a multicentre, randomised controlled trial (the ReMInDAR trial). AGE AND AGEING, 51(4), 1-9.
DOI Scopus26 WoS24 Europe PMC27
2022 Bhatti, A. J., Lin, S., Post, D., Baldock, K., & Dawes, N. (2022). Prevalence and characteristics of advocacy curricula in Australian public health degrees. Health Promotion Journal Of Australia, 33(S1), 50-56.
DOI Scopus9 WoS9 Europe PMC8
2022 Post, D., van Agteren, J., Kasai, D., Barrett, A., Doyle, M., Kernot, J., . . . Parfitt, G. (2022). Caring for carers: Understanding the physical and psychological well-being of carers of veterans in Australia. Health and Social Care in the Community, 30(3), 793-803.
DOI Scopus7 WoS7 Europe PMC3
2022 Post, D., Barrett, A., Baker, A., Kernot, J., & Parfitt, G. (2022). A qualitative exploration of the physical and psychological wellbeing of family carers of veterans in Australia. Plos One, 17(6 June), 21 pages.
DOI Scopus6 WoS5 Europe PMC3
2021 Post, D., Vitry, A., & Baldock, K. L. (2021). Evaluating changes in student health, wellbeing and social circumstances before and during COVID-19 pandemic restrictions in Australia. Peerj, 9(e12078), 10 pages.
DOI Scopus4 WoS3 Europe PMC2
2021 Fraysse, F., Post, D., Eston, R., Kasai, D., Rowlands, A. V., & Parfitt, G. (2021). Physical Activity Intensity Cut-Points for Wrist-Worn GENEActiv in Older Adults. FRONTIERS IN SPORTS AND ACTIVE LIVING, 2(article no. 579278), 9 pages.
DOI WoS42 Europe PMC32
2021 Rahja, M., Nguyen, K. H., Post, D., Parfitt, G., Corlis, M., & Comans, T. (2021). Some gain for a small investment: An economic evaluation of an exercise program for people living in residential aged care. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 40(2), e116-e124.
DOI Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC1
2021 Lock, M., Post, D., Dollman, J., & Parfitt, G. (2021). Efficacy of theory-informed workplace physical activity interventions: a systematic literature review with meta-analyses. Health Psychology Review, 15(4), 483-507.
DOI Scopus25 WoS26 Europe PMC21
2020 Parfitt, G., Post, D., Ellett, L. K., Lim, R., Penington, A., Corlis, M., & Roughead, E. (2020). A cross-sectional assessment of the relationship between sedative medication and anticholinergic medication use and the movement behaviour of older adults living in residential aged care. Peerj, 8(e9605), 9 pages.
DOI Scopus3 WoS3 Europe PMC2
2020 Post, D., Corlis, M., Pennington, A., & Parfitt, G. (2020). Exercise physiology in aged care: perceptions and acceptability from the perspectives of family members and care staff in the residential aged care environment. Dementia, 19(7), 2152-2165.
DOI Scopus11 WoS8 Europe PMC9
2020 Lock, M., Post, D., Dollman, J., & Parfitt, G. (2020). Feasibility and Process Evaluation of a Need-Supportive Physical Activity Program in Aged Care Workers: The Activity for Well-Being Project. Frontiers in Psychology, 11(518413), 15 pages.
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2020 Parfitt, G., Post, D., Penington, A., Davison, K., & Corlis, M. (2020). Evaluation of an implementation project: the exercise physiology in aged care program. Geriatrics & Gerontology International, 20(6), 595-601.
DOI Scopus3 WoS4 Europe PMC4
2020 Parfitt, G., Post, D., Penington, A., Davison, K., & Corlis, M. (2020). Challenges associated with physical assessments for people living with dementia: Modifying standard assessment protocols. Sage Open Medicine, 8, 5 pages.
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2018 Lock, M., Post, D., Dollman, J., & Parfitt, G. (2018). Development of a self-determination theory-based physical activity intervention for aged care workers: protocol for the activity for well-being program. Frontiers in public health, 6(341), 1-15.
DOI Scopus12 WoS11 Europe PMC7
2016 Post, D., Paquet, C., Misan, G., & Haren, M. T. (2016). Reshaping antecedents of health behaviour: planning, implementing, and evaluating a theoretically-based health promotion program in a remotely-located, predominantly male workplace. International journal of behavioral medicine, 23, S149-S150.
2015 Post, D., Daniel, M., Misan, G., & Haren, M. (2015). A workplace health promotion application of the Precede-Proceed model in a regional and remote mining company in Whyalla, South Australia. International Journal of Workplace Health Management, 8(3), 154-174.
DOI Scopus5 WoS4
2015 Iannella, S., Smith, A., Post, D. K., & Haren, M. T. (2015). How widespread are the use of frameworks and theories in applied health promotion research in rural and remote places? A review of programs targeted at cardiometabolic risk factors. Rural and Remote Health, 15(4), 3529-1-3529-23.
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2015 Iannella, S., Smith, A., Post, D. K., & Haren, M. T. (2015). How widespread are the use of frameworks and theories in applied health promotion research in rural and remote places? A review of programs targeted at cardiometabolic risk factors. Rural and remote health, 15(3529), 1-23.

Courses I teach

  • PUBH1001 Upstream Determinants of Health
  • PUBH3001 Public Health Evaluation

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2025 Co-Supervisor Identifying and Addressing Barriers to Accessing Pet-Friendly Natural Spaces for Tertiary Students Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Chad Kwok
2024 Principal Supervisor An investigation of the relationship between a 5-week outdoor education extended stay school program and wellbeing. Master of Philosophy Master Part Time Mrs Tameliya Nikielski

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2022 - 2026 Principal Supervisor Supporting the physical and mental wellbeing of veterans, first responders, and their family members as they transition through and out of the Invictus Pathways Program (IPP).  Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mrs Hannah Cockram
2017 - 2020 Co-Supervisor The development, pilot testing and evaluation of a need supportive physical activity intervention in frontline aged care workers: the activity for wellbeing project Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Miss Merilyn Lock

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