Papers by MOHAMMAD REZAL HAMZAH
Background: P. knowlesi malaria remains a severe threat for at-risk communities in Malaysia. This... more Background: P. knowlesi malaria remains a severe threat for at-risk communities in Malaysia. This study explores efforts, challenges and initiatives taken by the health officers at districts with high cases of P. knowlesi malaria in peninsular Malaysia in their role as health authority for mitigating the disease.Method: In-depth interviews were conducted with three health officers from Gua Musang, Kuala Lipis and Kota Tinggi, where high cases of P. knowlesi malaria were recorded. A purposive sampling strategy was utilised to select each district's health officers involved with malaria prevention efforts. The interviews were transcribed and analysed using Atlas.ti 8 to identify current malaria prevention practices and the challenges faced in the implementation of these practices.Results: Efforts by the health district officers include conventional prevention strategies and inventive measures to mitigate infection. The conventional strategies were erecting warning signs, community...
Jurnal Komunikasi, Malaysian Journal of Communication, 2017
Sexual health communication is currently one of the most discussed topic in Malaysia as the count... more Sexual health communication is currently one of the most discussed topic in Malaysia as the country witnessed the surge of sexual related crime and social problem among youths. In relation to this, youths' knowledge and attitude are the important factor that contribute to this delinquent behaviour and must be addressed as it will shape the youths in the future. The paper discussed the correlation between knowledge and attitude concerning youths in obtaining information on sexual related materials. The research primarily focuses on youths in Malaysia which made up 40% of Malaysia population. The study is significant as it provides a thorough picture how knowledge and attitude influence youths communicate the sexual health topic which is deemed as taboo in Malaysia. The study involved 853 respondents from various demographic group in Malaysia and self-administered questionnaires were distributed and analysed using SPSS to address the research objectives. The result indicated there are significant relationships between knowledge and attitude among youths toward sexual health communication practice. Results showed that 55.1 percent of the studied factors contributed to sexual health communication model among Malaysian youths. Moreover, knowledge and attitude are very critical for the youths to have a better comprehension on sexual health communication. This further testified that Malaysia government and various stakeholders need to acknowledge the importance of sexual health communication and how knowledge and attitude shape positive youth's development which ultimately contribute to nation building.
The institutes of higher learning (IHL) especially in East Coast Region of Malaysia need to be re... more The institutes of higher learning (IHL) especially in East Coast Region of Malaysia need to be ready for the challenges of market liberalization and globalization. With stiff competition from private institutes of higher learning, IHL need to be prepared at the forefront level. Although the public institutions have begun to develop and implement corporate identity programs as part of their corporate strategies, the elements contributing to the success of these universities in their implementation have not been measured. This study analyzed the relationship between the elements of corporate identity with the Potential Students’ inclination of Institutes of Higher Learning in the East Coast Region of Malaysia. Questionnaires were distributed to 661 respondents from the state of Terengganu, Kelantan and Pahang. The sample size was based on the Krejcie and Morgan Table. Meanwhile, the market condition elements in the Corporate Identity Model developed by Melewar and Jenkins in 2002 were...
Health literacy is progressively seen as an indicator to describe a nation’s health status. To im... more Health literacy is progressively seen as an indicator to describe a nation’s health status. To improve health literacy, countries need to address health inequalities by examining different social demographic factors across the population. This assessment is crucial to identify and evaluate strengths and limitations of a country in addressing health issues. By addressing these health inequalities, a country would be better informed to take necessary steps to improve the nation’s health literacy. This study examines health literacy levels in Malaysia and analyses socio-demographic factors that are associated with health literacy. A cross-sectional survey was carried out using the HLS-M-Q18 instrument which was validated for the Malaysian population. Multi-stage random sampling strategy was used in this study utilising several sampling techniques including quota sampling, cluster sampling and simple random sampling to allow random data collection. A total of 855 respondents were sample...
International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 2020
Studies have indicated that the key contributors to heavy financial debt among youth are global e... more Studies have indicated that the key contributors to heavy financial debt among youth are global economic situation with uncertainty of economic growth, wide access of financial product, and sophistication financial environment. Additionally, the market regards youth as primary lucrative market and this has led the youth to fall into poor financial practices and widely exposed to bankruptcy. The inability for youth to become financially sustainable in manoeuvring their expenditure and savings further cemented the notion that youth are lacking in financial knowledge which lead to indecisive financial decision. The study aims to investigate the influence of financial education (FE) as a moderator to financial attitudes (FA), parental financial socialisation (PFS), and financial literacy (FL) to ensure the successfulness of Prudent Financial Management Practices (PFMP) among Malaysian youth. This study employed self-administered questionnaires which were adopted from previous studies and distributed to 140 youth in Malaysia which were later analysed using SPSS to address the research objectives. The result indicated that FE is not significant moderator to FA, PFS, and FL in determining the PFMP among youth in Malaysia. The finding further highlighted that PFMP among youth are the result of shared accountability from various stakeholders such as parents, policy makers, and financial institution.
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2020
This study aims to better recognize patient satisfaction in healthcare settings about communicati... more This study aims to better recognize patient satisfaction in healthcare settings about communication issues. There are affiliation styles and control styles used to explore the effectiveness of patient satisfaction. This study was conducted among outpatient clinics at Hospital Seberang Jaya, Penang. Data analysis was conducted using statistical package for social sciences students SPSS 13. Purposive sampling is used to obtain a total of 115 patients responded to this survey. Pearson correlation used in this study and show that affiliation style had significant positive relationships with patient satisfaction. While no relationship between control communication style and patient satisfaction. This study contributes to the development of health services in Malaysia.
Jurnal Komunikasi, Malaysian Journal of Communication, 2016
Literasi kesihatan merupakan kemahiran yang perlu dimiliki oleh setiap orang dalam usaha untuk me... more Literasi kesihatan merupakan kemahiran yang perlu dimiliki oleh setiap orang dalam usaha untuk memahami maklumat kesihatan dengan baik. Seseorang yang dikatakan
MATEC Web of Conferences, 2018
The basis of the study is to discover the use of ICT among students in rural school libraries in ... more The basis of the study is to discover the use of ICT among students in rural school libraries in a district located in Northern Malaysia. The study is conducted with the aim to identify the factors influencing the utilization of the technology in the students’ day-to-day activities. The study used the use of ICT model, with 4 independent variables. This study has used the quantitative method, with 400 students from the total of 4 existing rural secondary schools in Malaysia as the respondents. The result shows only two independent variables as the significant factors responsible for the said intention. The results are enclosed, and the recommendations for future planning are also discussed.
Management Science Letters, 2018
Excellent healthcare services delivered to patients would not necessarily entail an excellent pat... more Excellent healthcare services delivered to patients would not necessarily entail an excellent patient service fulfillment, fulfill patient expectations, and attain high satisfaction levels. Hence, patient satisfaction is multifactorial and difficult to measure. Appliance of satisfaction model, service dissatisfaction and satisfaction feedback are able to translate the non-linear attributes for a more accurate service dissatisfaction and satisfaction feedback assessment. Service recipients of experienced Inpatient and Outpatient (IOPs) can be translated into levels of compliments and complaints to describe degrees of patient satisfaction and dissatisfaction, respectively. Compliments and complaints voiced by patients should be taken seriously. As a result, the translation of service satisfaction and service dissatisfaction based on compliments and complaints from patients in the form of satisfaction index SCi and dissatisfaction index SCa introduced a new theoretical concept of concurrent and balance measurement in evaluating customer (VOC) or VOPs feedback. In normal practice, the service improvement is usually based on complaints or dissatisfaction aspect, but the compliments or satisfaction aspect on the same service delivery was always neglected. In this study, the formulation which was based on a non-linear assessment, not only amplified the effectiveness in communicating patients' compliments and complaints in a more receptive manner but also corresponded with Kano model.
Jurnal Komunikasi: Malaysian Journal of Communication, 2019
Radio merupakan media arus perdana yang penting dalam pembangunan negara bangsa. Pada era globali... more Radio merupakan media arus perdana yang penting dalam pembangunan negara bangsa. Pada era globalisasi, media baharu mula mendominasi landskap komunikasi negara. Timbul satu persoalan iaitu sejauh manakah kerelevenan siaran radio terhadap remaja Generasi Z di Malaysia? Sehubungan itu, kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenalpasti minat remaja Generasi Z terhadap siaran radio dan faktor yang mempengaruhi minat mereka terhadap rancangan siaran radio. Kajian ini menggunakan kaedah penyelidikan kuantitatif dan kualitatif. Kajian kuantitatif melibatkan 944 responden yang berusia antara 13 hingga 23 tahun. Kajian kualitatif pula melibatkan 30 orang mahasiswa yang berusia antara 20 hingga 23 tahun. Hasil kajian mendapati bahawa kewujudan radio masih lagi relevan dalam kalangan remaja Generasi Z. Empat stesen radio iaitu Era FM, Hot FM, Hitz FM dan IKIM FM menjadi pilihan utama remaja Generasi Z di Malaysia. Selain itu, kajian mendapati faktor lagu, unsur jenaka, nilai ilmu, dan bentuk pengendalian rancangan radio mempengaruhi pemilihan sesebuah stesen radio. Dalam pada itu, faktor penolakan remaja Generasi Z terhadap rancangan dan program radio turut dibincangkan dalam artikel ini. Justeru, siaran radio masa kini perlu bersifat dinamik, informatif dan multi-fungsi agar berupaya menjadi medium komunikasi berwibawa yang relevan dengan remaja Generasi Z. Hal ini seiring dengan aspirasi negara untuk memperkasa remaja Generasi Z yang bakal menerajui kepimpinan negara pada dekad mendatang.
Kepuasan pekerja merupakan elemen budaya organisasi yang dapat memberi impak kepada prestasi orga... more Kepuasan pekerja merupakan elemen budaya organisasi yang dapat memberi impak kepada prestasi organisasi. Dalam konteks UniMAP, kajian kepuasan pekerja merupakan julung kali dilakukan selama lapan tahun kewujudan universiti ini. Sehingga kini jumlah pekerja yang sedang berkhidmat di UniMAP seramai 976 staf bukan akademik dan 632 staf akademik. Justeru adalah releven bagi pihak pengurusan universiti mengetahui sejauhmana staf telah berpuas hati dengan perkhidmatan, operasi dan pengurusan UniMAP sehingga ke hari ini. Kajian ini dijalankan bertujuan untuk meninjau perbandingan tahap kepuasan berkerja di kalangan staf akademik dan bukan akademik. Secara umumnya kajian ini menggunakan rekabentuk kajian kuantitatif yang melibatkan seramai 797 staf. Kepuasan bekerja telah diukur melalui 10 domain utama yang merangkumi kemudahan infrastruktur, prosedur operasi, persekitaran kerja, perkhidmatan, kepimpinan faedah dan ganjaran, maklumat, komunikasi, dasar universiti, aktiviti sosial dan kemasy...
Youth is the heir to the leadership of the country in the near future. Successful youth are not o... more Youth is the heir to the leadership of the country in the near future. Successful youth are not only an asset to the economic growth but they will also be a main pillar for Malaysia in achieving a developed nation by 2020. To meet this challenge University Malaysia Perlis has started to offer business and entrepreneurship program for the first time comprising of 313 students. The main goal of this program is to develop engineering entrepreneurs (techno-preneur) who are successful and capable of competing internationally. Thus, a study was conducted for the sake of investigating the level of knowledge and interest of these students towards entrepreneurship. A total of 71 students were involved in the study are the entrepreneurship engineering program students. In general, the objective of this study was to identify the student knowledge on entrepreneurship, in order to gauge student interest in the field of entrepreneurship and to determine students' readiness to participate in trainings, courses and studies in the area of entrepreneurship. Survey methods using questionnaires (self administered) have been distributed to the respondents. Data were analyzed using SPSS software. The study has found out that the students have shown their interest and also possessed the knowledge to become a techno-preneur. They are also willing to face and undergo the training in entrepreneurship
Institusi pengajian tinggi merupakan hub pendidikan peringkat tertinggi yang menjadi wadah kepada... more Institusi pengajian tinggi merupakan hub pendidikan peringkat tertinggi yang menjadi wadah kepada pembangunan model insan yang cemerlang untuk keperluan sumber tenaga manusia di masa akan datang terutamanya sektor industri negara. Pembangunan modal insan merupakan satu agenda utama negara kerana dengan mempunyai modal insan yang berkualiti terutamanya dalam bidang-bidang kritikal seperti kejuruteraan, negara tidak perlu menggunakan khidmat orang luar untuk membangunkan industri negara. Justeru usaha Institusi pengajian tinggi dalam memberi latihan dan pendidikan yang sewajarnya kepada bakal-bakal jurutera dengan memperkenalkan pelbagai sistem pembelajaran dan program pengajian. Sistem pembelajaran yang berkualiti adalah sistem yang dapat memberi peluang kepada pelajar untuk memanfaatkan segala pengetahuan dan kemahiran yang mereka pelajari kepada praktikal yang sebenar. Dalam menempuh dunia global yang penuh cabaran, pelajar bukan sahaja berdepan cabaran sesama mereka untuk mendapat...
The establishment of institutions of higher education is to provide education that are relevant t... more The establishment of institutions of higher education is to provide education that are relevant to market needs by providing human resources (human capital) through the various programs of study. According to Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia (MOHE) the skills needed by a graduate, apart from academics achievement, soft skills such as communication, decision-making skills, leadership, emotional and social intelligence, conflict and global issues, are highly seek in particular career related to engineering profession. Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) as one of the established institutions of higher learning in Malaysia is formed to produce a technical engineer graduates (technical engineers) and adhere to the call by the government in supplying human resource needs for professional group, especially in the industrial sector. By employing the model of mix method learning skills, which is theory and practical, UniMAP is expected to contribute and act as a bridge in meeting the g...
Kepuasan kerja merupakan gelagat organisasi yang selalu diamalkan oleh organisasi didalam usaha u... more Kepuasan kerja merupakan gelagat organisasi yang selalu diamalkan oleh organisasi didalam usaha untuk mengetahui maklumbalas pekerja. Melalui kajian kepuasan kerja majikan dapat mengetahui prestasinya dalam memimpin organisasi untuk mencapai objektif dan matlamat yang ditetapkan. Dalam konteks pengukuran kepuasan kerja, elemen komunikasi merupakan faktor penting didalam memastikan segala dasar, polisi, peraturan dan prosedur operasi dapat dijalankan dengan baik. Komunikasi organisasi dapat di kategorikan kepada dua iaitu formal dan tidak formal. Kajian yang dijalankan di UniMAP telah memfokuskan kepada komunikasi formal. Kajian ini menggunakan kaedah kuantitatif yang melibatkan 743 responden. Tujuan kajian ini dijalankan adalah untuk menentukan elemen komunikasi dalaman yang mempengaruhi tahap kepuasan kerja dalam kalangan staf UniMAP. Hasil kajian menunjukkan bahawa komunikasi dalaman merupakan domain yang tertinggi menyumbang kepada kepuasan kerja.
In the context of health, self-efficacy refers to the individual’s ability in taking action to at... more In the context of health, self-efficacy refers to the individual’s ability in taking action to attain better health condition. This research is based on past researches by employing the systematic review. The objective of this research is to illustrate the measurement of self-efficacy in the context of health which has been primarily used by other researchers. The scope of this research is mainly in the context of diabetic patients. 14 out of 398 articles has been identified for analytical purposes in tandem with the observed theme; the measurement of self-efficacy employed by the diabetic patients. Almost all researches utilized the model established by Bandura as the basis for measurement. Most of the researches too adapted the Diabetes Management Self-Efficacy Scale (DMSES) as the instrument to identify the level of self-efficacy among diabetic patients.
Lecturers in all Malaysian public universities must have at least a Masters degree. However, with... more Lecturers in all Malaysian public universities must have at least a Masters degree. However, with the government’s aspiration to have 70% or more academics in public institutions of higher learning with PhD qualification by 2020, all lecturers without PhD must be prepared to pursue this qualification at one point or another, or else face an impedement in their career growth. The government has been generous in this endevour by dispensing sponsorship to qualified applicants in order to facilitate the process. In the last 50 years, a number of candidates have been awarded partial and full scholarships for PhD/doctorate studies both locally and abroad, but the success of this initiative has not been fully documented. A study was embarked recently to investigate the factors that contributed to the success of attaining the degree. Twelve successful candidates participated in a series of discussions organized for this purpose. It has been found that the successful candidates possessed sev...
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