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Lecturer, Social Work

    Biography

    Pascal has an interdisciplinary background in social work, health promotion, sociology, and social policy. His research focuses on the intersection of health, migration and climate change. He is skilled in both quantitative and qualitative research methods. He has expertise and experience in conducting Monitoring, Learning, and Evaluation (MLE) projects.

    Teaching

    Taught Modules
    [WS1007] Lifespan Development and Psychology for Social Welfare PracticeTutor
    2025
    [WS2511] Professional EthicsTutor
    2025
    [WS5518] Professional Values and EthicsTutor
    2025
    [WS5020] Advanced Research MethodsCoordinator, Lecturer
    2025

    Activities

    Languages
    English
    Ewe
    French
    Education
    Bachelor's (Hons) in Social Work and Information Studies, University of Ghana
    2006 - 2011
    MPhil in Health Promotion, University of Bergen
    2014 - 2016
    PhD in Sociology and Social Policy, Lingnan University
    2021 - 2024
    Associations
    Hong Kong Sociological Association
    Awards
    The Norwegian Government Quota Scholarship Scheme
    2014
    The Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme
    2021

    Output

    Multidimensional frailty, sex differences, and quality of life among older Ugandans affected by HIV
    2025
    Dzando, Gideon; Ward, Paul R.; Mwanri, Lillian; Agbadi, Pascal; Ambagtsheer, Rachel C. (2025) 'Multi. HIV, ...
    Journal Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
    Assessing Child Maintenance Cases in Ghana: What Do Social Workers Consider?
    2025
    Cudjoe, Ebenezer; Abdullah, Alhassan; Frimpong-Manso, Kwabena; Agbadi, Pascal; Deliege, Antoine (202...
    Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
    m-Health knowledge and usage in maternal healthcare delivery: Perspectives and experiences of healthcare practitioners in Ghana
    2025
    Ameyaw, Edward Kwabena; Amoah, Padmore Adusei; Asiama, Aikins Amoako; Agbadi, Pascal (2025) 'm-Healt. BMJ O, 15 ...
    Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
    Induced abortion among adolescent girls and young women: should geography matter in Ghana?
    2024
    Okyere, Joshua; Kyei-Arthur, Frank; Agyekum, Martin Wiredu; Agbadi, Pascal; Yeboah, Isaac (2024) 'In. ...
    Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
    The role of social support in antiretroviral therapy uptake and retention among pregnant and postpartum women living with HIV in the Greater Accra region of Ghana
    2024
    Ameyaw, Edward Kwabena; Nutor, Jerry John; Okiring, Jaffer; Yeboah, Isaac; Agbadi, Pascal; Getahun, ...
    Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
    Association between water insecurity and antiretroviral therapy adherence among pregnant and postpartum women in Greater Accra region of Ghana
    2024
    Nutor, Jerry John; Okiring, Jaffer; Yeboah, Isaac; Thompson, Rachel G.A.; Agbadi, Pascal; Ameyaw, Ed...
    Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
    Access heterogeneities and collection time inequalities of drinking water sources in Ghana: implications for water and development policy
    2024
    Amankwaa, Godfred; Abrefa Busia, Kwaku; Agbadi, Pascal; Duah, Henry O.; Arthur-Holmes, Francis (2024...
    Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
    Deinstitutionalization of children in residential care facilities: Experiences and perceptions of professionals in Ghana
    2024
    Frimpong-Manso, Kwabena; Cudjoe, Ebenezer; Agbadi, Pascal; Abdullah, Alhassan; Deliege, Antoine; Ban...
    Journal Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
    Individual and community-level factors associated with repeat induced abortion among women in Ghana: a multivariable complex sample logistic regression analysis of 2017 Ghana maternal health survey
    2024
    Yeboah, Isaac; Okyere, Joshua; Klu, Desmond; Agbadi, Pascal; Agyekum, Martin Wiredu (2024) 'Individu. BMC Pu, 24 (...
    Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
    Perspectives of healthcare workers on the challenges with obstetric referrals in rural communities in Ghana: A descriptive phenomenology study
    2023
    Dzomeku, Veronica Millicent; Boamah Mensah, Adwoa Bemah; Nakua, Emmanuel Kweku; Agbadi, Pascal; Okye...
    Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
    Charge midwives’ awareness of and their role in promoting respectful maternity care at a tertiary health facility in Ghana: A qualitative study
    2023
    Dzomeku, Veronica Millicent; Boamah Mensah, Adwoa Bemah; Nakua, Emmanuel Kweku; Agbadi, Pascal; Okye...
    Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
    Correlates of blood pressure and blood glucose screenings in Cameroon: Insights from the 2018 Demographic and Health Survey
    2022
    Duodu, Precious Adade; Agbadi, Pascal; Duah, Henry Ofori; Darkwah, Ernest; Nutor, Jerry John (2022) ...
    Journal Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
    HIV Testing among sexually active Ghanaians: an examination of the rural-urban correlates
    2022
    Dey, Nutifafa Eugene Yaw; Owusu Ansah, Kenneth; Norman, Queen Angela; Manukure, Joseph Mfum; Brew, A...
    Journal Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
    Prevalence and geo-clinicodemographic factors associated with hepatitis B vaccination among healthcare workers in five developing countries
    2022
    Duodu, Precious; Darkwah, Ernest; Agbadi, Pascal; Duah, Henry Ofori; Nutor, Jerry John (2022) 'Preva. BMC, 2...
    Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
    Promoting respectful maternity care: challenges and prospects from the perspectives of midwives at a tertiary health facility in Ghana
    2022
    Dzomeku, Veronica Millicent; Boamah Mensah, Adwoa Bemah; Nakua, Emmanuel Kweku; Agbadi, Pascal; Okye...
    Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
    Trends in antenatal care visits and associated factors in Ghana from 2006 to 2018
    2022
    Duodu, Precious Adade; Bayuo, Jonathan; Mensah, Josephine Aboagye; Aduse-Poku, Livingstone; Arthur-H...
    Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
    Bullying and truancy amongst school-going adolescents in Timor-Leste: results from the 2015 global school-based health survey
    2022
    Owusu, Derrick Nyantakyi; Owusu Ansah, Kenneth; Dey, Nutifafa Eugene Yaw; Duah, Henry Ofori; Agbadi,...
    Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
    Rural–urban dimensions of the perception of malaria severity and practice of malaria preventive measures: insight from the 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey
    2022
    Duodu, Precious Adade; Dzomeku, Veronica Millicent; Emerole, Chiagoziem Ogazirilem; Agbadi, Pascal; ...
    Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
    Factors associated with the family reintegration stability for children with a residential care experience in Ghana
    2022
    Frimpong-Manso, Kwabena; Agbadi, Pascal; Deliege, Antoine (2022) 'Factors associated with the family. Global Studies of Childhood, 12 (1):56-69. [DOI] ...
    Journal Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
    Determinants of life satisfaction among Ghanaians aged 15 to 49 years: A further analysis of the 2017/2018 Multiple Cluster Indicator Survey
    2022
    Ansah, Kenneth Owusu; Dey, Nutifafa Eugene Yaw; Adade, Abigail Esinam; Agbadi, Pascal (2022) 'Determ. PLoS, 17...
    Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
    Exposure to substance and current substance among school-going adolescents in Timor-Leste
    2022
    Adade, Abigail Esinam; Ansah, Kenneth Owusu; Dey, Nutifafa Eugene Yaw; Arthur-Holmes, Francis; Duah,...
    Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
    A predictive model, and predictors of under-five child malaria prevalence in Ghana: How do LASSO, Ridge and Elastic net regression approaches compare?
    2021
    Aheto, Justice Moses K.; Duah, Henry Ofori; Agbadi, Pascal; Nakua, Emmanuel Kweku (2021) 'A predicti. Preventi, 23 . ...
    Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
    Association between remembering difficulty and anxiety and depression among children in Ghana
    2021
    Dziwornu, Emmanuel; Dey, Nutifafa Eugene Yaw; Owusu Ansah, Kenneth; Arthur-Holmes, Francis; Duah, He...
    Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
    The association between polygyny statuses of currently married and in-union women and attitude towards intimate partner violence against women in Ghana
    2021
    Adewale, Dorcas; Dey, Nutifafa Eugene Yaw; Owusu Ansah, Kenneth; Duah, Henry Ofori; Agbadi, Pascal (...
    Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
    Geographical variations and factors associated with recent HIV testing prevalence in Ghana: Spatial mapping and complex survey analyses of the 2014 demographic and health surveys
    2021
    Nutor, Jerry John; Duah, Henry Ofori; Duodu, Precious Adade; Agbadi, Pascal; Alhassan, Robert Kaba; ...
    Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
    Socioeconomic and demographic correlates of nonenrolment onto the national health insurance scheme among children in Ghana: Insight from the 2017/18 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey
    2021
    Agbadi, Pascal; Okyere, Joshua; Lomotey, Alberta; Duah, Henry Ofori; Seidu, Abdul-Aziz; Ahinkorah, B...
    Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
    The relationship between accurate knowledge on HIV/AIDS transmission and adolescent pregnancy in Ghana: A further analyses of the 2017 multiple cluster indicator survey
    2021
    Adomako, Emmanuel Brenyah; Frimpong-Manso, Kwabena; Munemo, Petronella; Duah, Henry Ofori; Agbadi, P...
    Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
    Relationship between mothers’/caregivers’ reported learning difficulty and internalizing symptoms (anxiety and depression) of children aged 5–17 years in Ghana
    2021
    Norman, Queen Angela; Dey, Nutifafa Eugene Yaw; Owusu Ansah, Kenneth; Arthur-Holmes, Francis; Duah, ...
    Journal Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
    Trends in under-five mortality rate disaggregated across five inequality dimensions in Ghana between 1993 and 2014
    2021
    Agbadi, P.; Agbaglo, E.; Tetteh, J.K.; Adu, C.; Ameyaw, E.K.; Nutor, J.J. (2021) 'Trends in under-fi. Public Health, 196 :95-100. ...
    Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
    Job satisfaction among healthcare workers in Ghana and Kenya during the COVID-19 pandemic: Role of perceived preparedness, stress, and burnout
    2021
    Afulani, Patience A.; Nutor, Jerry John; Agbadi, Pascal; Gyamerah, Akua O.; Musana, Joseph; Aborigo,...
    Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
    Comorbid patterns of anaemia and diarrhoea among children aged under 5 years in Ghana: A multivariate complex sample logistic regression analysis and spatial mapping visualisation
    2021
    Duah, Henry Ofori; Amankwa, Charles Enyaah; Adomako, Isaac; Owusu, Benson; Agbadi, Pascal (2021) 'Co. ...
    Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
    Prevalence, progress, and social inequalities of home deliveries in Ghana from 2006 to 2018: insights from the multiple indicator cluster surveys
    2021
    Dzomeku, Veronica Millicent; Duodu, Precious Adade; Okyere, Joshua; Aduse-Poku, Livingstone; Dey, Nu...
    Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
    Midwives’ experiences of implementing respectful maternity care knowledge in daily maternity care practices after participating in a four-day RMC training
    2021
    Dzomeku, Veronica Millicent; Boamah Mensah, Adwoa Bemah; Nakua, Emmanuel Kweku; Agbadi, Pascal; Lori...
    Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
    Cervical cancer screening prevalence and its correlates in Cameroon: secondary data analysis of the 2018 demographic and health surveys
    2021
    Okyere, Joshua; Duodu, Precious Adade; Aduse-Poku, Livingstone; Agbadi, Pascal; Nutor, Jerry John (2...
    Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
    Examining the relationship between interpersonal support and retention in HIV care among HIV+ nursing mothers in Uganda
    2021
    Nutor, Jerry John; Agbadi, Pascal; Hoffmann, Thomas J.; Anguyo, Geoffrey; Camlin, Carol S. (2021) 'E. ...
    Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
    Consistency of the determinants of early initiation of breastfeeding in Ghana: Insights from four Demographic and Health Survey datasets
    2021
    Duodu, Precious A.; Duah, Henry O.; Dzomeku, Veronica M.; Boamah Mensah, Adwoa B.; Aboagye Mensah, J...
    Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
    Exploring the social stressors and resources of husbands of women diagnosed with advanced breast cancer in their role as primary caregivers in Kumasi, Ghana
    2021
    Boamah Mensah, Adwoa Bemah; Adamu, Bakinam; Mensah, Kofi Boamah; Dzomeku, Veronica Millicent; Agbadi...
    Journal Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
    Complex samples logistic regression analysis of predictors of the current use of modern contraceptive among married or in-union women in Sierra Leone: Insight from the 2013 demographic and health survey
    2020
    Agbadi, Pascal; Eunice, Tagoe Twumwaa; Akosua, Agyemang F.; Owusu, Seth (2020) 'Complex samples logi. PLoS ONE, 15 (4). [DOI] ...
    Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
    Correlates of child functional difficulties status in Ghana: A further analysis of the 2017/18 multiple indicator cluster survey
    2020
    Dey, Nutifafa Eugene Yaw; Dziwornu, Emmanuel; Frimpong-Manso, Kwabena; Duah, Henry Ofori; Agbadi, Pa...
    Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
    Correlates of access to hand hygiene resources in Ghanaian households: An exploratory analysis of the 2014 demographic and health survey
    2020
    Kenney, Paul Lawer; Agboh, Herman Nuake Kofi; Agyemang, Florence Akosua; Dadzie, Seth Sylvester; Dua...
    Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
    "i wouldn't have hit you, but you would have killed your baby:" Exploring midwives' perspectives on disrespect and abusive Care in Ghana
    2020
    Dzomeku, Veronica Millicent; Boamah Mensah, Adwoa Bemah; Nakua, Emmanuel Kweku; Agbadi, Pascal; Lori...
    Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
    Exploring midwives' understanding of respectful maternal care in Kumasi, Ghana: Qualitative inquiry
    2020
    D-Zomeku, Veronica Millicent; Mensah, Bemah Adwoa Boamah; Nakua, Emmanuel Kweku; Agbadi, Pascal; Lor...
    Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
    Predictors of high HIV+ prevalence in Mozambique: A complex samples logistic regression modeling and spatial mapping approaches
    2020
    Nutor, Jerry John; Duodu, Precious Adade; Agbadi, Pascal; Duah, Henry Ofori; Oladimeji, Kelechi Eliz...
    Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
    Covariates and spatial interpolation of hiv screening in mozambique: Insight from the 2015 aids indicator survey
    2020
    Agbadi, Pascal; Nutor, Jerry John; Darkwah, Ernest; Duah, Henry Ofori; Duodu, Precious Adade; Alhass...
    Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
    A predictive model and socioeconomic and demographic determinants of under-five mortality in Sierra Leone
    2020
    Tagoe, Eunice Twumwaa; Agbadi, Pascal; Nakua, Emmanuel K.; Duodu, Precious Adade; Nutor, Jerry John;...
    Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
    Spatial analysis of factors associated with HIV infection in Malawi: Indicators for effective prevention
    2020
    Nutor, Jerry John; Duah, Henry Ofori; Agbadi, Pascal; Duodu, Precious Adade; Gondwe, Kaboni W. (2020...
    Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
    The experiences of family caregivers living with breast cancer patients in low-and middle-income countries: A systematic review
    2020
    Kusi, Grace; Boamah Mensah, Adwoa Bemah; Boamah Mensah, Kofi; Dzomeku, Veronica Millicent; Apiribu, ...
    Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
    Developing a tool for measuring postpartum women's experiences of respectful maternity care at a tertiary hospital in Kumasi, Ghana
    2020
    Dzomeku, Veronica Millicent; Boamah Mensah, Adwoa Bemah; Nakua, Kweku Emmanuel; Agbadi, Pascal; Lori...
    Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
    The prevalence and predictive factors of breast cancer screening among older Ghanaian women
    2020
    Agyemang, Akosua F.; Tei-Muno, Agnes Naki; Dzomeku, Veronica Millicent; Nakua, Emmanuel Kweku; Duodu...
    Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
    Media exposure to family planning contents and adult support for teaching children about condom use to prevent HIV/AIDS: Findings from 2003 to 2014 Ghana Demographic Health Surveys
    2020
    Agbadi, Pascal; Tagoe, Twumwaa Eunice; Agyemang, F. Akosua; Dzomeku, Veronica Millicent; Agboh, Herm...
    Journal Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
    Trends in the proportionate mortalities attributed to noncommunicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa for the period 2000 to 2016
    2020
    Duah, Henry O.; Agbadi, Pascal; Amankwa, Charles Enyaah; Adomako, Isaac; Owusu, Benson (2020) 'Trend. Int, 3...
    Journal Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
    Maternal Health Beyond Delivery: action to address multifactorial health inequity
    2024
    Ameyaw, Edward Kwabena; Agbadi, Pascal; Dawson, Angela (2024) 'Maternal Health Beyond Delivery: acti EClinicalMedicine, 67 . [DOI] ...
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