Kingsley Agho
Biography
Kingsley Agho is a Research Fellow in biostatistics at the SciMHA (Science of Mental Health & Adversity) Unit, School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney. He comes to the Unit with research and teaching experience from the University of Sydney and Newcastle University.
He is a member of the South Asian Infant Feeding Research Network (SAIFRN). He has been involved in the design and analysis of numerous statistical surveys on health including the 2003 Demographic and Health Survey of Timor-Leste, and the infant feeding in South and East Asia using multilevel statistical modelling method.
He provides statistical and epidemiological support on a wide range of projects at the SciMHA Unit including the Burden of Diseases Trajectory for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Problems project and statistical advice on data analysis issues to postgraduate students and staff.
Areas of Research / Teaching Expertise
- Biostatistics
- Demographic statistics
- Epidemiology
Grants / Current Projects
Cleft Lip or Palate
Zinc and Pregnancy
Timor-Leste Demographic and Health Survey
Breast Feeding and Infant Practices in East and South Asia
Health and Nutrition study for Bajawa Primary Schools Pupils
Burden of Diseases Trajectory for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Problems
Perceptions of Environmental Changes in Singleton and Dungog
Plasma Methadone levels in relation to Illicit opiate use
Hazard Perceptions (Terrorism, pandemic influenza, global warming and drought) and responses
Biosecuriry response and psycho-social impacts of Equine influenza
Selected Publications
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Edwards MJ, Agho K, Attia J, Diaz P, Hayes T, lllingworth A & Roddick LG: Case Control Study of Cleft Lip or Palate after Maternal Use of Topical Corticosteroids During Pregnancy. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 2003. 120A: 459-463.
Hallinan R, Ray J, Byrne A, Agho K & Attia J: Therapeutic Thresholds in Methadone Maintenance Treatment: A receiver operating characteristic analysis. Journal of Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2006. 81(2):129-136.
Higginbotham N, Connor L, Albrecht G, Freeman S & Agho K: Validation of an Environmental Distress Scales. Journal of EcoHealth 2006. 3(4): 245-254.
Chapman S, Alpers P, Agho K & Jones M: Australia's 1996 major gun law reforms: faster falls in firearm deaths, firearm suicides, and a decade without mass shootings. Injury Prevention Journal 2006.12(6):365-72.
Hallinan R, Byrne A, Agho K & Dore GJ: Referral for chronic hepatitis C treatment from a drug dependency treatment setting. Journal of Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2007. 88(1): 49-53.
Senarath U, Dibley MJ & Agho K: Breastfeeding practices and associated factors among children under 24 months of age in Timor-Leste. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2007. 61(3):387-97.
Nair BR, Browne LW, Chua L, D'Este C, O'Dea I & Agho K: Validating an Australian version of the Time and Change Test: A screening test for cognitive impairment. Australasian Journal on Ageing. 2007. 26 (2), 87-90.
Skinner V, Agho K, Lee-White T & Harris J: The development of a new tool to assess levels of stress and burnout. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing 2007. 24 (4): 8-13.
Senarath U, Dibley MJ & Agho K: Breastfeeding practices index: a composite index to describe overall breastfeeding performance among infant under 6 months of age. Journal of Public Health Nutrition 2007 10(10):996-1004.
Hallinan R, McMahon C, Agho K, Tynan P, Byrne A & Attia J: Erectile Dysfunction in Men Receiving Methadone and Buprenorphine Maintenance Treatment. Journal of sexual medicine 2008, 5(3):684-92.
Li M, Chapman S, Agho K & Eastman C: Can even minimal news coverage influence consumer health related behaviour? A case study of iodised salt sales in Australia. Journal of Medical Education 2008 23: 543-548.
Hallinan R, McMahon C, Agho K, Tynan P, Byrne A & Attia J: Hypogonadism in men receiving Methadone and Buprenorphine Maintenance Treatment. International Journal of Andrology (In press - abstract see, Medline).
Agho K, Dibley MJ, D'Este C and Gibberd, R: Factors associated with Hb concentration among Timor-Leste children aged 6-59 months. Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2008 26(2):200-9.
Titaley CR, Dibley MJ, Agho K, Roberts CL & Hall J: Determinants of Neonatal Mortality in Indonesia. BMC Public Health. 2008,8:232.
Taylor M, Agho K, Stevens G & Raphael B: Factors influencing psychological distress during a disease epidemic: Data from Australia's first outbreak of equine influence. BMC Public Health 2008,8:347.
