Constant change: The impact of service life on children and care partners

Beyond the Battlefield

How do children and care partners fit into the military and Veteran family research landscape? What does a carer or care partner look like in a military family? How are children impacted by a parent’s service? In this episode of Beyond the Battlefield, host Dr. Nicholas Held meets with Dr. Dr. Marg Rogers and Dr. Dannielle Post to discuss how changes in military culture have impacted the role of children, knowledge translation tactics improving the lives of families, and international advancements within the field of military family research.

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Dr. Dannielle Post (Program Director: Bachelor of Health Science (Public Health), University of South Australia) is a senior lecturer who 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 field of public health, including, health promotion, determinants of health, and program design, implementation, and evaluation. Her research investigates the physical and psychological health and wellbeing of family carers, in particular family care-partners of Veterans. Dannielle has been involved in a number of studies assessing the physical and psychological well-being and support needs of carers of Veterans, and the effectiveness of UniSA’s Invictus Pathways Program. Dannielle is an Australian Mental Health Leaders Fellow (Cohort 3, 2019-2020), a member of the Executive Committee of the Public Health Association of Australia (SA Branch), an ARENA Member, and a member of the WAVES/Invictus Pathways Program Executive.

Dr. Marg Rogers is a Senior Lecturer of Early Childhood Education at the University of New England and a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Commonwealth Government funded Manna Institute that aims to improve the mental health of regional, rural and remote communities. Marg is a participatory and narrative researcher who researches with lived experience community members. As a children's author, she weaves these narratives into research-based storybooks for children to provide a springboard for discussions with parents, educators and family workers about difficult topics, such as parents working away, or those with service-related physical and mental health conditions. Specifically, she researches ways to support the wellbeing of military, first responder and remote worker families. As the lead for the Children's Family Resilience Programs team, Marg has worked to co-design and co-create award winning, online, free, early intervention supports for potentially vulnerable children from Defence, Veteran, First Responder and Remote Worker families.

Check out Dr. Marg Rogers et al.’s research article in JMVFH special edition 10.2, “The strength beside the uniform: Families of military members, Veterans, and public safety personnel”: https://bit.ly/3WFXqTO

Also featured in this special edition: Dr. Dannielle Post et al.’s research article, “Understanding the emotional and practical support needs of family care-partners of Veterans to promote well-being”: https://bit.ly/4dIlo6R

Music Attribution: “Sonora” from Marianas by Quincas Moreira. Music Licensed under a Creative Commons License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Beyond the Battlefield is produced by the Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research.