Background

Paul is a public health researcher with over 15 years of research experience. He is an Honorary Fellow at the Institute.

Paul’s academic research interests include young people’s sexual behaviour and associated risk; and applied statistics and quantitative research methodology more generally.

Paul has collaborated with researchers from the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and the University of Washington on research examining the association between adverse sexual health outcomes and alcohol use for Australian adolescents as well as other research focusing on adult sexual/reproductive health and perinatal epidemiology.

Appointments

• 2022: Honorary Principal Research Fellow
• 2016-present: Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Department of Epidemiology and Preventative Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventative Medicine, Monash University
• 2012-2022: Applied Statistician, Burnet Institute
• 2012-present: Adjunct Research Fellow, Judith Lumley Centre, La Trobe University
• 2010-2012: Research Fellow, Mother and Child Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University
• 2008-2010: Research Fellow, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University
• 2005-2008: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne

Qualifications

• 2006: MSc (Applied statistics), School of Mathematical Sciences, Swinburne University
• 1988: BA, School of Social Science, La Trobe University

Projects (12)

Current (4)

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  Impact of declining transmission on immunity and risk of malaria rebound

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  Optimal community-delivered malaria elimination models for the Greater Mekong Sub-region

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  Serological surveillance to identify mosquito exposure and malaria transmission

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  SuperMIX: The Melbourne Injecting Drug User Cohort Study

Past (1)

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  Accelerating ART initiation among Infants (AAMI Study)

Publications (94)

2023 (3)

• The impacts of COVID-19 measures on drug markets and drug use among a cohort of people who use methamphetamine in Victoria, Australia.
  Rathnayake K, Agius PA, Ward B, Hickman M, Maher L, Stoové M, Doyle JS, Hellard M, Wilkinson A, Quinn B, Crawford S, Sutton K, Dietze P
  Addiction. 2023 Mar; Epub ahead of print
• The effect of the Xpert HIV-1 Qual test on early infant diagnosis of HIV in Myanmar and Papua New Guinea: a pragmatic, cluster-randomised, stepped-wedge, open-label trial.
  Mohamed Y, Htay H, Gare J, Vallely AJB, Kelly-Hanku A, Yee WL, Agius PA, Badman SG, Pham MD, Nightingale C, Chen XS, Kombati Z, Koata A, Munnull G, Silim S, Thein W, Zaw TM, Kyaw LL, Stoové M, Crowe SM, Anderson D, Tin HH, Luchters S
  Lancet HIV. 2023 Mar; Epub ahead of print
• Discontinuation of opioid agonist treatment following release from prison in a cohort of men who injected drugs prior to imprisonment in Victoria, Australia: A discrete-time survival analysis.
  Curtis M, Dietze P, Wilkinson AL, Agius PA, Stewart AC, Cossar RD, Butler T, Walker S, Kirwan A, Winter RJ, Stoové M
  Drug Alcohol Depend. 2023 Jan; 242:109730

2022 (11)

• Assessment of the lifetime prevalence and incidence of induced abortion and correlates among female sex workers in Mombasa, Kenya: a secondary cohort analysis.
  Simmelink AM, Gichuki CM, Ampt FH, Manguro G, Lim MSC, Agius P, Hellard M, Jaoko W, Stoové MA, L'Engle K, Temmerman M, Gichangi P, Luchters S
  BMJ Open. 2022 Oct; 12(10):e053218
• Reducing malaria transmission in forest-going mobile and migrant populations in Lao PDR and Cambodia: protocol for stepped-wedge cluster-randomised controlled trial.
  Htike W, Oo WH, Lynn T, Sovanda L, Agius PA, Oo MC, Galau NH, Thu KM, Zaw AK, Htwe EP, Cutts JC, Kearney EA, Scott N, O'Flaherty K, Wang B, Khamlome B, Vilay P, Siv S, Fowkes FJI
  BMC Infect Dis. 2022 Sep; 22(1):747
• Induction, decay, and determinants of functional antibodies following vaccination with the RTS,S malaria vaccine in young children.
  Feng G, Kurtovic L, Agius PA, Aitken EH, Sacarlal J, Wines BD, Hogarth PM, Rogerson SJ, Fowkes FJI, Dobaño C, Beeson JG
  BMC Med. 2022 Aug; 20(1):289
• The Global Epidemiological Transition in Cardiovascular Diseases: Unrecognised Impact of Endemic Infections on Peripheral Artery Disease.
  Agius PA, Cutts JC, Song P, Rudan I, Rudan D, Aboyans V, McDermott MM, Criqui MH, Fowkes FGR, Fowkes FJI
  J Epidemiol Glob Health. 2022 Jul; 12(3):219-223
• Level and correlates of social support in a community-based sample of Australians who primarily smoke methamphetamine.
  Leach MJ, Ward B, Kippen R, Quinn B, Agius PA, Sutton K, Peterson J, Dietze PM.
  Health Soc Care Community. 2022 Jul; 30(6):e4950-e4960
• Mortality in the SuperMIX cohort of people who inject drugs in Melbourne, Australia: A prospective observational study.
  Hill PL, Stoové M, Agius PA, Maher L, Hickman M, Crawford S, Dietze P.
  Addiction. 2022 Jun; 117(12):3091-3098
• High rates of resumption of injecting drug use following release from prison among men who injected drugs before imprisonment.
  Curtis M, Winter RJ, Dietze P, Wilkinson AL, Cossar RD, Stewart AC, Agius PA, Butler T, Aitken C, Kirwan A, Walker S, Stoové M
  Addiction. 2022 Jun; 117(11):2887-2898
• Engaging women and men in the gender-synchronised, community-based Mbereko+Men intervention to improve maternal mental health and perinatal care-seeking in Manicaland, Zimbabwe: A cluster-randomised controlled pragmatic trial.
  Comrie-Thomson L, Webb K, Patel D, Wata P, Kapamurandu Z, Mushavi A, Nicholas MA, Agius PA, Davis J, Luchters S
  J Glob Health. 2022 May; 12:04042
• Cohort Profile: The Melbourne Injecting Drug User Cohort Study (SuperMIX).
  Van Den Boom W, Quiroga MDM, O'Keefe D, Kumar D, Hill PL, Scott N, Agius PA, Higgs P, Kerr T, Maher L, Hickman M, Stoové M, Dietze P
  Int J Epidemiol. 2022 Jan; 51(3):e123-e130
• Correlates of anxiety and depression in a community cohort of people who smoke methamphetamine.
  Duncan Z, Kippen R, Sutton K, Ward B, Agius PA, Quinn B, Dietze P
  Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 2022 Jan; 56(8):964-973
• Initial Experience with the NAVIO Robotic-Assisted Total Knee Replacement-Coronal Alignment Accuracy and the Learning Curve.
  Collins K, Agius PA, Fraval A, Petterwood J
  J Knee Surg. 2022 Jan; 35(12):1295-1300

2021 (9)

• Anopheles salivary antigens as serological biomarkers of vector exposure and malaria transmission: A systematic review with multilevel modelling.
  Kearney EA, Agius PA, Chaumeau V, Cutts JC, Simpson JA, Fowkes FJ
  Elife. 2021 Dec; 10:e73080
• A prospective cohort of people who use methamphetamine in Melbourne and non-metropolitan Victoria, Australia: Baseline characteristics and correlates of methamphetamine dependence.
  Quinn B, Ward B, Agius PA, Jenkinson R, Hickman M, Sutton K, Hall C, McKetin R, Farrell M, Cossar R, Dietze PM
  Drug Alcohol Rev. 2021 Nov; 40(7):1239-1248
• Sustainability of a mobile phone application-based data reporting system in Myanmar's malaria elimination program: a qualitative study.
  Oo WH, Thu KM, Cutts JC, Htike W, Win KM, Oo MC, Galau NH, Agius PA, Htoon PP, Kearney E, Thi A, Aung YW, Thein MM, Rosecrans K, Lwin KT, Min AK, Fowkes FJ
  BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2021 Oct; 21(1):285
• Evaluation of the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of a Community-delivered Integrated Malaria Elimination (CIME) model in Myanmar: protocol for an open stepped-wedge cluster-randomised controlled trial.
  Oo WH, Thi A, Htike W, Agius PA, Cutts JC, Win KM, Yi Linn NY, Than WP, Hkawng GN, Thu KM, Oo MC, O'Flaherty K, Kearney E, Scott N, Phyu PP, Htet AT, Myint O, Lwin Yee L, Thant ZP, Mon A, Htike S, Hnin TP, Fowkes FJI
  BMJ Open. 2021 Aug; 11(8):e050400
• Community-based molecular and serological surveillance of subclinical malaria in Myanmar.
  O'Flaherty K, Oo WH, Zaloumis SG, Cutts JC, Aung KZ, Thein MM, Drew DR, Razook Z, Barry AE, Parischa N, Zaw NN, Thu HK, Thi A, Htay WYM, Soe AP, Simpson JA, Beeson JG, Agius PA, Fowkes FJI
  BMC Med. 2021 May; 19(1):121
• The Melbourne safe injecting room attracted people most in need of its service.
  Van Den Boom W, Del Mar Quiroga M, Fetene DM, Agius PA, Higgs PG, Maher L, Hickman M, Stoové MA, Dietze PM
  Am J Prev Me. 2021 May; 61(2):217-224
• Prevalence and correlates of simultaneous, multiple substance injection (co-injection) amongst people who inject drugs in Melbourne, Australia.
  Palmer A, Higgs P, Scott N, Agius P, Maher L, Dietze P
  Addiction. 2021 Apr; 116(4):876-888
• A mobile phone application for malaria case-based reporting to advance malaria surveillance in Myanmar: a mixed methods evaluation.
  Oo WH, Htike W, Cutts JC, Win KM, Thu KM, Oo MC, Hkawng GN, Agius PA, Htoon PP, Scott N, Kearney E, Moreira C, Pedrana A, Stoove M, Thi A, Aung YW, Thein MM, Rosecrans K, Lwin KT, Min AK, Fowkes FJI
  Malar J. 2021 Mar; 20(1):167
• Parent and child co-resident status among an Australian community-based sample of methamphetamine smokers.
  Ward B, Kippen R, Reupert A, Maybery D, Agius PA, Quinn B, Jenkinson R, Hickman M, Sutton K, Goldsmith R, Dietze PM
  Drug Alcohol Rev. 2021 Jan; 40(7):1275-1280

2020 (10)

• Effect of a mobile phone intervention for female sex workers on unintended pregnancy in Kenya (WHISPER or SHOUT): a cluster-randomised controlled trial.
  Ampt FH, Lim MSC, Agius PA, L'Engle K, Manguro G, Gichuki C, Gichangi P, Chersich MF, Jaoko W, Temmerman M, Stoové M, Hellard M, Luchters S
  Lancet Glob Health. 2020 Dec; 8(12):e1534-e1545
• HIV infections among female sex workers in Mombasa, Kenya: current prevalence and trends over 25 years.
  Manguro GO, Gichuki C, Ampt FH, Agius PA, Lim MS, Jaoko WG, Hellard M, L'Engle K, Stoové M, Mandaliya K, Chersich MF, Temmerman M, Luchters S, Gichangi P
  Int J STD AIDS. 2020 Oct; 31(14):1389-1397
• The impact of markers of HIV infection on change in liver stiffness in people with HIV and hepatitis C virus co-infection after treatment and cure of hepatitis C.
  van Santen DK, Agius PA, Sasadeusz J, Fairley KC, Sievert W, Gane E, Iser D, O'Reilly M, Medland NA, Moore R, Hellard ME, Hoy JF, Doyle JS
  J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2020 Aug; 85(5):e81-e89
• Evaluation of the effectiveness of topical repellent distributed by village health volunteer networks against Plasmodium spp. infection in Myanmar: A stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial.
  Agius PA, Cutts JC, Oo WH, Thi A, O'Flaherty K, Aung KZ, Thu HK, Aung PP, Thein MM, Zaw NN, Htay WYM, Soe AP, Razook Z, Barry AE, Htike W, Devine A, Simpson JA, Crabb BS, Beeson JG, Pasricha N, Fowkes FJI
  PLoS Med. 2020 Aug; 17(8):e1003177
• A Mobile Phone-Based Sexual and Reproductive Health Intervention for Female Sex Workers in Kenya: Development and Qualitative Study.
  Ampt FH, L'Engle K, Lim MSC, Plourde KF, Mangone E, Mukanya CM, Gichangi P, Manguro G, Hellard M, Stoové M, Chersich MF, Jaoko W, Agius PA, Temmerman M, Wangari W, Luchters S
  JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2020 May; 8(5):e15096
• Effectiveness of an Ecological Momentary Intervention for Reducing Risky Alcohol Consumption Among Young Adults: Protocol for a Three-Arm Randomized Controlled Trial.
  Wright C, Dietze PM, Kuntsche E, Livingston M, Agius PA, Room R, Raggatt M, Hellard M, Lim MSC
  JMIR Res Protoc. 2020 Mar; 9(3):e14190
• Direct assessment of mental health and metabolic syndrome amongst Indonesian adolescents: a study design for a mixed-methods study sampled from school and community settings.
  Azzopardi PS, Willenberg L, Wulan N, Devaera Y, Medise B, Riyanti A, Ansariadi A, Sawyer S, Wiguna T, Kaligis F, Fisher J, Tran T, Agius PA, Borschmann R, Brown A, Cini K, Clifford S, Kennedy EC, Pedrana A, Pham MD, Wake M, Zimmet P, Durrant K, Wiweko B, Luchters S
  Glob Health Action. 2020 Mar; 13(1):1732665
• Monocytes from men living with HIV exhibit heightened atherogenic potential despite long term viral suppression with ART.
  Angelovich TA, Trevillyan JM, Hoy JF, Wong ME, Agius PA, Hearps AC, Jaworowski A
  AIDS. 2020 Mar; 34(4):513-518
• Pregnancy-specific malarial immunity and risk of malaria in pregnancy and adverse birth outcomes: a systematic review.
  Cutts JC, Agius PA, Zaw Lin, Powell R, Moore K, Draper B, Simpson JA, Fowkes FJI
  BMC Med. 2020 Jan; 18(1):14
• Outcomes of treatment for hepatitis C in primary care compared to hospital-based care: a randomised controlled trial in people who inject drugs.
  Wade AJ, Doyle JS, Gane E, Stedman C, Draper B, Iser D, Roberts SK, Kemp W, Petrie D, Scott N, Higgs P, Agius PA, Roney J, Stothers L, Thompson AJ, Hellard ME
  Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Jan; 70(9):1900-1906

2019 (9)

• Staying hepatitis C negative: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cure and reinfection in people who inject drugs.
  Latham NH, Doyle JS, Palmer AY, Vanhommerig JW, Agius P, Goutzamanis S, Li Z, Pedrana A, Gottfredsson M, Bouscaillou J, Luhmann N, Mazhnaya A, Altice FL, Saeed S, Klein M, Falade-Nwulia OO, Aspinall E, Hutchinson S, Hellard ME, Sacks-Davis R
  Liver Int. 2019 Dec; 39(12):2244-2260
• Risk of Subsequent HIV Infection Following Sexually Transmissible Infections Among Men Who Have Sex With Men.
  Harney BL, Agius PA, El-Hayek C, Fairley CK, Chow EPF, Roth N, Tee BK, Leslie D, Tachedjian G, Hellard M, Stoové M
  Open Forum Infect Dis. 2019 Oct; 6(10):ofz376
• The impact of community-delivered models of malaria control and elimination: a systematic review.
  Win Han Oo, Gold L, Moore K, Agius PA, Fowkes FJI
  Malar J. 2019 Aug; 18(1):269
• Understanding the interactions between iron supplementation, infectious disease and adverse birth outcomes is essential to guide public health recommendations.
  Fowkes FJI, Davidson E, Agius PA, Beeson JG
  BMC Med. 2019 Aug; 17(1):153
• Use of long-acting reversible contraception in a cluster-random sample of female sex workers in Kenya.
  Ampt FH, Lim MSC, Agius PA, Chersich MF, Manguro G, Gichuki CM, Stoové M, Temmerman M, Jaoko W, Hellard M, Gichangi P, Luchters S
  Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2019 May; 146(2):184-191
• Injecting drug use is an independent risk factor for reincarceration after release from prison: A prospective cohort study.
  Winter RJ, Stoové M, Agius PA, Hellard ME, Kinner SA
  Drug Alcohol Rev. 2019 Mar; 38(3):254-263
• Induction and decay of functional complement-fixing antibodies by the RTS,S malaria vaccine in children, and a negative impact of malaria exposure.
  Kurtovic L, Agius PA, Feng G, Drew DR, Ubillos I, Sacarlal J, Aponte JJ, Fowkes FJI, Dobaño C, Beeson JG
  BMC Med. 2019 Feb; 17(1):45
• The field performance and diagnostic accuracy of a low-cost instrument-free point-of-care CD4 test (VISITECT(R) CD4) performed by different health worker cadres among pregnant women.
  Luchters S, Technau K, Mohamed Y, Chersich MF, Agius PA, Pham MD, Garcia ML, Forbes J, Shepherd A, Coovadia A, Crowe SM, Anderson DA
  J Clin Microbiol. 2019 Jan; 57(2):e01277-18
• Relationship between self-efficacy and HIV testing uptake among young men who have sex with men in Myanmar: a cross-sectional analysis.
  Pham MD, Aung PP, Agius PA, Pasricha N, Oo SM, Tun W, Bajracharya A, Luchters S
  Int J STD AIDS. 2019 Jan; 30(1):20-28

2018 (12)

• Effectiveness of repellent delivered through village health volunteers on malaria incidence in villages in South-East Myanmar: a stepped-wedge cluster-randomised controlled trial protocol.
  Win Han Oo, Cutts JC, Agius PA, Kyaw Zayar Aung, Poe Poe Aung, Aung Thi, Nyi Nyi Zaw, Htin Kyaw Thu, Wai Yan Min Htay, Ataide R, O'Flaherty K, Ai Pao Yawn, Aung Paing Soe, Beeson JG, Crabb B, Pasricha N, Fowkes FJI
  BMC Infect Dis. 2018 Dec; 18(1):663
• Aiming for 90-90-90 - the importance of understanding the risk factors for HIV exposure and advanced HIV infection in migrant populations and other groups who do not report male-to-male sex.
  Peach E, Lemoh C, Stoové M, Agius P, El Hayek C, Higgins N, Hellard M
  Sex Health. 2018 Oct; 15(5):441-450
• Menstrual hygiene management and school absenteeism among adolescent students in Indonesia: evidence from a cross-sectional school-based survey.
  Davis J, Macintyre A, Odagiri M, Suriastini W, Cordova A, Huggett C, Agius PA, Faiqoh, Budiyani AE, Quillet C, Cronin AA, Diah M, Triwahyunto A, Luchters S, Kennedy E
  Trop Med Int Health. 2018 Oct; 23(12):1350-1363
• Incidence of unintended pregnancy among female sex workers in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
  Ampt FH, Willenberg L, Agius PA, Chersich M, Luchters S, Lim MSC
  BMJ Open. 2018 Sep; 8(9):e021779
• Mobile Phone-Based Ecological Momentary Intervention to Reduce Young Adults' Alcohol Use in the Event: A Three-Armed Randomized Controlled Trial.
  Wright C, Dietze PM, Agius PA, Kuntsche E, Livingston M, Black OC, Room R, Hellard M, Lim MS
  JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2018 Jul; 6(7):e149
• Community-based provision of direct-acting antiviral therapy for hepatitis C: study protocol and challenges of a randomized controlled trial.
  Wade AJ, Doyle JS, Gane E, Stedman C, Draper B, Iser D, Roberts SK, Kemp W, Petrie D, Scott N, Higgs P, Agius PA, Roney J, Stothers L, Thompson AJ, Hellard ME
  Trials. 2018 Jul; 19(1):383
• Anti-HIV-1 Activity of Lactic Acid in Human Cervicovaginal Fluid.
  Tyssen D, Wang YY, Hayward JA, Agius PA, DeLong K, Aldunate M, Ravel J, Moench TR, Cone RA, Tachedjian G
  mSphere. 2018 Jul; 3(4):e00055-18
• Direct Anterior Approach Total Hip Arthroplasty: An Adjunct to an Enhanced Recovery Pathway: Outcomes and Learning Curve Effects in Surgeons Transitioning From Other Surgical Approaches.
  Free MD, Owen DH, Agius PA, Pascoe EM, Harvie P
  J Arthroplasty. 2018 Jul; 33(11):3490-3495
• Repeat participation in annual cross-sectional surveys of drug users and its implications for analysis.
  Agius PA, Aitken CK, Breen C, Dietze PM
  BMC Res Notes. 2018 Jun; 11(1):349
• Factors associated with social participation amongst elders in rural Sri Lanka: a cross-sectional mixed methods analysis.
  Marsh C, Agius PA, Jayakody G, Shajehan R, Abeywickrema C, Durrant K, Luchters S, Holmes W
  BMC Public Health. 2018 May; 18(1):636
• Risk of unplanned caesarean birth in Vietnamese-born women in Victoria, Australia: A cross-sectional study.
  Agius PA, Davey MA, Small R
  Women Birth. 2018 Feb; 31(6):496-504
• Syndromic management of sexually transmissible infections in resource-poor settings: a systematic review with meta-analysis of the abnormal vaginal discharge flowchart for Neisseria gonorrhoea and Chlamydia trachomatis.
  van Gemert C, Hellard M, Bradshaw CS, Fowkes FJI, Agius PA, Stoove M, Bennett CM
  Sex Health. 2018 Jan; 15(1):1-12

2017 (9)

• Factors associated with HIV testing among young men who have sex with men in Myanmar: a cross-sectional study.
  Pham MD, Aung PP, Paing AK, Pasricha N, Agius PA, Tun W, Bajracharya A, Luchters S
  J Int AIDS Soc. 2017 Nov; 20(3):e25026
• Anorectal swabs as a marker of male-to-male sexual exposure in STI surveillance systems.
  Ampt FH, El Hayek C, Agius PA, Bowring AL, Bartnik N, Van Gemert C, Fairley CK, Chow EPF, Bradshaw CS, Stephens N, Lim MSC, Hellard ME
  Epidemiol Infect. 2017 Sep; 145(12):2530-2535
• WHISPER or SHOUT study: protocol of a cluster-randomised controlled trial assessing mHealth sexual reproductive health and nutrition interventions among female sex workers in Mombasa, Kenya.
  Ampt FH, Mudogo C, Gichangi P, Lim MSC, Manguro G, Chersich M, Jaoko W, Temmerman M, Laini M, Comrie-Thomson L, Stoové M, Agius PA, Hellard M, L'Engle K, Luchters S
  BMJ Open. 2017 Aug; 7(8):e017388
• Young Australians' use of pornography and associations with sexual risk behaviours.
  Lim MSC, Agius PA, Carrotte ER, Vella AM, Hellard ME
  Aust N Z J Public Health. 2017 Aug; 41(4):438-443
• Persistence of activated and adaptive-like NK cells in HIV+ individuals despite 2 Years of suppressive combination antiretroviral therapy.
  Hearps AC, Agius PA, Zhou J, Brunt S, Chachage M, Angelovich TA, Cameron PU, Giles M, Price P, Elliott J, Jaworowski A
  Front Immunol. 2017 Jun; 8:731
• An ecological momentary intervention to reduce alcohol consumption in young adults delivered during drinking events: Protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial.
  Wright CJ, Dietze PM, Agius PA, Kuntsche E, Room R, Livingston M, Hellard M, Lim MS
  JIMR Research Protocols. 2017 May; 6(5):e95
• Correlates of alcohol consumption on heavy drinking occasions of young risky drinkers: event versus personal characteristics.
  Dietze P, Agius PA, Livingston M, Callinan S, Jenkinson R, Lim MS, Wright CJ, Room R
  Addiction. 2017 Mar; 112(8): 1369-1377
• The effects of needle-sharing and opioid substitution therapy on incidence of hepatitis C virus infection and reinfection in people who inject drugs.
  Aitken CK, Agius PA, Higgs PG, Stoové MA, Bowden DS, Dietze PM
  Epidemiol Infect. 2017 Mar; 145(4):796-801
• Effectiveness of an integrated community- and clinic-based intervention on HIV testing, HIV knowledge, and sexual risk behavior of young men who have sex with men in Myanmar.
  Aung PP, Ryan C, Bajracharya A, Pasricha N, Thein ZW, Agius PA, Sein TT, Willenberg L, Soe EM, Zaw NT, Tun W, Yam E, Luchters S
  J Adolesc Health. 2017 Feb; 60(2S2):S45-S53

2016 (8)

• Performance of point-of-care CD4 testing technologies in resource-constrained settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
  Pham MD, Agius PA, Romero L, McGlynn P, Anderson D, Crowe SM, Luchters S
  BMC Infect Dis. 2016 Oct; 16(1):592
• Resumption of injecting drug use following release from prison in Australia.
  Winter RJ, Young JT, Stoové M, Agius PA, Hellard ME, Kinner SA
  Drug Alcohol Depend. 2016 Sep; 168:104-111
• Acceptability and feasibility of point-of-care CD4 testing on HIV continuum of care in low and middle income countries: a systematic review.
  Pham MD, Agius PA, Romero L, McGlynn P, Anderson D, Crowe SM, Luchters S
  BMC Health Serv Res. 2016 Aug; 16(1):343
• Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Facilities and Hygiene Practices Associated with Diarrhea and Vomiting in Monastic Schools, Myanmar.
  Weaver ER, Agius PA, Veale H, Dorning K, Hlang TT, Aung PP, Fowkes FJ, Hellard ME
  Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2016 Jun; 95(2):278-287
• Factors predictive of patient outcome following total wrist arthrodesis.
  Owen DH, Agius PA, Nair A, Perriman DM, Smith PN, Roberts CJ
  Bone Joint J. 2016 May; 98-B(5):647-653
• The Positive Outlook Study: A Randomised Controlled Trial Evaluating Online Self-Management for HIV Positive Gay Men.
  Millard T, Agius PA, McDonald K, Slavin S, Girdler S, Elliott JH
  AIDS Behav. 2016 Feb; 20(9):1907-1918
• Intimate partner violence and the experience of early motherhood: A cross-sectional analysis of factors associated with a poor experience of motherhood.
  Hooker L, Samaraweera NY, Agius PA, Taft A
  Midwifery. 2016 Jan; 34:88-94
• Age-related differences in patterns of criminal activity among a large sample of polydrug injectors in Australia.
  Horyniak D, Dietze P, Degenhardt. L, Agius P, Higgs P, Bruno R, Alati R, Burns L
  J Subst Abuse. 2016 Jan; 22(1):48-56

2015 (6)

• Mortality in the Melbourne injecting drug user cohort study (MIX).
  Nambiar D, Agius PA, Stoové M, Hickman M, Dietze P
  Harm Reduct J. 2015 Dec; 12(1):55
• Patterns of, and Factors Associated With, Illicit Pharmaceutical Opioid Analgesic Use in a Prospective Cohort of People Who Inject Drugs in Melbourne, Australia.
  Horyniak D, Agius PA, Degenhardt L, Reddel S, Higgs P, Aitken C, Stoové M, Dietze P
  Subst Use Misuse. 2015 Nov; 50(13):1650-1659
• Cessation of injecting drug use: The effects of health service utilisation, drug use and demographic factors.
  Nambiar D, Agius PA, Stoové M, Hickman M, Dietze P
  Drug Alcohol Depend. 2015 Jun; 154:208-213
• Maternal and child health nurse screening and care for mothers experiencing domestic violence (MOVE): a cluster randomised trial.
  Taft AJ, Hooker L, Humphreys C, Hegarty K, Walter R, Adams C, Agius P, Small R
  BMC Med. 2015 Jun; 13(1):150
• Correlates of male involvement in maternal and newborn health: a cross-sectional study of men in a peri-urban region of Myanmar.
  Ampt F, Mon MM, Than KK, Khin MM, Agius PA, Morgan C, Davis J, Luchters S
  BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2015 May; 15(1):122
• Silent mutations at codons 65 and 66 in reverse transcriptase alleviate indel formation and restore fitness in subtype B HIV-1 containing D67N and K70R drug resistance mutations.
  Telwatte S, Hearps AC, Johnson A, Latham CF, Moore K, Agius P, Tachedjian M, Sonza S, Sluis-Cremer N, Harrigan PR, Tachedjian G
  Nucleic Acids Res. 2015 Mar; Epub ahead of print

2014 (6)

• Comparative performance of the Kalon and HerpeSelect enzyme-linked immunosorbant assays to determine the prevalence of herpes simplex virus type 2 in Papua New Guinea.
  Ryan CE, Simbiken CS, Agius PA, Allen J, Sauk J, Kaima P, Kombati Z, Siba P, Kaldor JM, Vallely A
  Sex Health. 2014 Dec; 11(6):575-579
• Setting the scene: locations for meeting sex partners among behaviorally bisexual men in vientiane, laos, and opportunities for health promotion.
  Bowring AL, van Gemert C, Vongsaiya K, Hughes C, Sihavong A, Phimphachanh C, Chanlivong N, Agius PA, Toole M, Hellard M
  AIDS Educ Prev. 2014 Dec; 26(6):538-553
• Effect of Intubation for Gamma-hydroxybutyric Acid Overdose on Emergency Department Length of Stay and Hospital Admission.
  Dietze P, Horyniak D, Agius P, Munir V, Smit DV, Johnston J, Fry CL, Degenhardt L
  Acad Emerg Med. 2014 Nov; 21(11):1226-1231
• Early age at first sex: associations with sexual health and sociodemographic factors among a sample of young music festival attendees in Melbourne.
  Vella AM, Agius PA, Bowring AL, Hellard ME, Lim MS
  Sex Health. 2014 Aug; 11(4):359-365
• Immunological markers of P. vivax exposure and immunity: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
  Cutts J, Powell R, Agius PA, Beeson JG, Simpson JA, Fowkes FJI
  BMC Medicine. 2014 Aug; 12(1):150
• Does intimate partner violence impact on women's initiation and duration of breastfeeding?
  James JP, Taft A, Amir LH, Agius P
  Breastfeeding Rev. 2014 Jul; 22(2):11-19

2013 (1)

• Excessive alcohol use and its association with risky sexual behaviour: a cross-sectional analysis of data from Victorian secondary school students.
  Agius P, Taft A, Hemphill S, Toumbourou J, McMorris B
  Aust N Z J Public Health. 2013 Feb; 37(1):76-82

2012 (2)

• Chlamydia prevention indicators for Australia: review of the evidence from New South Wales.
  Ali H, Donovan B, Liu B, Hocking JS, Agius P, Ward J, Bourne C, Kaldor JM, Guy RJ
  Sex Health. 2012 Nov; 9(5):399-406
• Enhanced maternal and child health nurse care for women experiencing intimate partner/family violence: protocol for MOVE, a cluster randomised trial of screening and referral in primary health care.
  Taft AJ, Small R, Humphreys C, Hegarty K, Walter R, Adams C, Agius P.
  BMC Public Health. 2012 Sep; 12:811

2011 (1)

• Basic statistics and epidemiology: a practical guide (Book Review)
  Agius PA
  Aust N Z J Pub Health. 2011 May; 35(4):396

2010 (2)

• Sexual behaviour and related knowledge among a representative sample of secondary school students between 1997 and 2008.
  Agius PA, Pitts MK, Smith AM, Mitchell A
  Aust N Z J Public Health. 2010 Oct; 34(5):476-481
• Human papillomavirus and cervical cancer: Gardasil vaccination status and knowledge amongst a nationally representative sample of Australian secondary school students.
  Agius PA, Pitts MK, Smith AM, Mitchell A
  Vaccine. 2010 Jun; 28(27):4416-4422

2006 (2)

• Pregnancy and contraceptive use in a national representative sample of Australian secondary school students.
  Agius P, Pitts MK, Dyson S, Mitchell AM, Smith AM
  Aust N Z J Public Health. 2006 Dec; 30(6):555-557
• Two steps forward and one step back? Australian secondary students' sexual health knowledge and behaviors 1992-2002.
  Agius PA, Dyson S, Pitts MK, Mitchell A, Smith AM
  J Adolesc Health. 2006 Mar; 38(3):247-252

2005 (2)

• Men in Australia Telephone Survey (MATeS): a national survey of the reproductive health and concerns of middle-aged and older Australian men.
  Holden CA, McLachlan RI, Pitts M, Cumming R, Wittert G, Agius PA, Handelsman DJ, de Kretser DM
  Lancet. 2005 Jul; 366(9481):218-224
• The mental health status of young adult and mid-life non-heterosexual Australian women.
  McNair R, Kavanagh A, Agius P, Tong B
  Aust N Z J Public Health. 2005 Jun; 29(3):265-271

2002 (1)

• Performance of diagnosis-based risk adjustment measures in a population of sick Australians.
  Duckett SJ, Agius PA
  Aust N Z J Public Health. 2002 Dec; 26(6):500-507

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