Mohammad Rezal Hamzah
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Mohammad Rezal Hamzah
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Hamzah, Mohammad Rezal
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Hamzah, Mohd Rezal
Hamzah, M. R
Hamzah, Mohammad Rezal
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57004523400
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AAZ-4229-2020

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  • Publication
    Public knowledge, attitudes and practices towards COVID-19: a cross-sectional study in Malaysia
    (PLOS, 2020)
    Arina Anis Azlan
    ;
    Mohammad Rezal Hamzah
    ;
    Tham Jen Sern
    ;
    Suffian Hadi Ayub
    ;
    Emma Mohamad
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    Attitudes toward Plasmodium knowlesi Malaria prevention behaviours among at-risk communities and health district officers’ efforts and challenges in promoting these behaviours: an elicitation study in Peninsular Malaysia
    (UKM Press, 2023)
    Arina Anis Azlan
    ;
    Hazwani Damanhuri
    ;
    Mohammad Rezal Hamzah
    ;
    Hafizah Pasi
    ;
    Emma Mohamad
    This study explores at-risk communities’ attitudes toward Plasmodium knowlesi (P. knowlesi) malaria prevention behaviours using the Integrated Behavioural Model (IBM) as a guiding framework. This study also presents efforts and challenges faced by district health officers in Peninsular Malaysia in their role as the health authority for mitigating the disease. Seventeen informants were selected from at-risk areas in three states with high cases of P. knowlesi in 2019 (Johor, Pahang, Kelantan) to be interviewed. Semistructured interview questions were developed guided by the IBM framework. Three district health officers who were involved in malaria prevention efforts in the selected states were also interviewed. Qualitative data analysis using Atlas.ti 8 software was used to facilitate thematic coding. Five prevention behaviours were found to be prevalent among the informants and are hypothesised to be suited for behavioural improvement intervention among at-risk communities. The prevention behaviours identified are: consuming prophylaxis, wearing long sleeves, using bed nets, mosquito coils and insect repellent. Current efforts by health district officers for P. knowlesi malaria prevention include erecting warning signs, community education programmes, and empowering community influencers. Challenges faced by the health district officers include difficulty accessing remote locations, limited facilities, and military-specific issues. This study suggests that future prevention efforts focused on behavioural improvement among atrisk communities in Malaysia should concentrate on the five prevention efforts most prevalent among these communities.
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    Individual, host-vector interactions, and environmental risk factors for Plasmodium knowlesi malaria among at-risk communities in Peninsular Malaysia: a case-control study
    (Mary Ann Liebert Inc., 2025-03)
    Hafizah Pasi
    ;
    Emma Mohamad
    ;
    Arina Anis Azlan
    ;
    Mohammad Rezal Hamzah
    ;
    Mohd Rahim Sulong
    ;
    Affendi Isa
    ;
    Sivasangari Genapathy
    ;
    Hazwani Damanhuri
    Background: Highlighting the individual, host-vector interactions, and environmental risk factors for knowlesi malaria were consequential toward more focused and effective prevention and control strategies. This study aims to identify the individual, host-vector interactions, and environmental risk factors for Plasmodium knowlesi malaria among at-risk communities in Peninsular Malaysia. Materials and Methods: A case-control study was conducted involving laboratory-confirmed cases of P. knowlesi malaria, while a locality-matched individual with no history of fever and tested negative for malaria was taken as control. Univariate and multiple logistic regression were applied to evaluate the potential risk factors among respondents using IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 26.0. Results: Results showed higher cases among males as compared to females (76.1% vs. 23.9%). Multiple logistic regression analysis showed being male is 3.51 higher risk (p < 0.001) to become a case. Respondents whose place of work or study is near the forest edge have 44.0% lower risk (p = 0.030), while those living in the Orang Asli village were 56.0% lower risk as compared to the organized village to become a case (p = 0.035). Conclusion: These findings demonstrated that gender emerges as an independent individual risk factor while residing near a forest edge, in an Orang Asli village, or occupying workers’ longhouses situated in hilly areas lowered the environmental risk among respondents. These findings attested that alternative directions must be considered in addressing the known risk factors associated with this type of malaria and the design of prevention and control programs should be tailored to the unique characteristics of each population.
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    Establishing the HLS-M-Q18 short version of the European health literacy survey questionnaire for the Malaysian context
    (Springer, 2020)
    Emma Mirza Wati Mohamad
    ;
    Manimaran Krishnan Kaundan
    ;
    Mohammad Rezal Hamzah
    ;
    Arina Anis Azlan
    ;
    Suffian Hadi Ayub
    ;
    Jen Sern Tham
    ;
    Abdul Latiff Ahmad
    Background: The European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire (HLS-EU-Q47) is becoming a widely used tool to measure health literacy (HL), including in Malaysia. There are efforts to reduce the 47-item scale to parsimonious short item scales that still reflect the assumptions and requirements of the conceptual model. This study used confirmatory factor analysis to reduce the 47-item scale to a short scale that can offer a feasible HL screening tool with sufficient psychometric properties. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted on the Malaysian population based on ethnic distribution to ensure that the short version instrument reflects the country's varied ethnicities. The survey was administered by well-trained interviewers working for the Ministry of Health Malaysia. A total of 866 responses were obtained. Data was analysed using multi-factorial confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) with categorical variables. Results: The analysis resulted in a satisfactory 18-item model. There were high correlations among the 18 items. The internal consistency reliability was robust, with no floor/ceiling effects. These results represented equivalence and consistency among the responses to items, suggesting that these items were homogenous in measuring Malaysian health literacy. The strong convergent and discriminant validity of the model makes the proposed 18 items a suitable short version of the health literacy instrument for Malaysia. Conclusions: The researchers propose the 18-item instrument to be named HLS-M-Q18. This short version instrument may be used in measuring health literacy in Malaysia as it achieved robust reliability, structural validity and construct validity that fulfilled goodness-of-fit criteria.
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  • Publication
    Integriti : konsep dan amalan
    ( 2015)
    Jamiah Manap
    ;
    Arena Che Kasim
    ;
    Mohammad Rezal Hamzah
    Integriti tunjang keunggulan ummah. Sehubungan dengan itu, pembudayaan integriti dalam keluarga, komuniti dan organisasi adalah satu keperluan dalam kerangka pengukuhan negara bangsa. Pembentukan dan pembangunan integriti adalah satu proses yang berterusan. Sehubungan dengan itu, buku ini membincangkan konsep dan amalan integriti dalam pelbagai konteks dan wacana. Perbincangan dalam buku ini bergerak daripada konsep dan amalan integriti secara keseluruhan kepada konsep dan amalan integriti dalam konteks yang khusus, iaitu dalam konteks penjawat awam, agama, rasuah dan penyalahgunaan kuasa, akademik, keluarga dan pembangunan sumber manusia. Justeru, buku ini diterbitkan sebagai satu inisiatif bagi memperkukuh kefahaman terhadap konsep integriti dan pengamalannya dalam kehidupan seharian secara berterusan.
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