Nor Zam Azihan Mohd Hassan

Biographic Data

ID7748424
NAMENor Zam Azihan Mohd Hassan
GIVEN NAMESNor Zam Azihan Mohd
FAMILY NAMEHassan
SIGNATUREHASSAN N Z A M
AFFILIATIONSMinistry of Health
ORCID0000-0002-0683-1249
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Health belief model and cervical cancer screening intention among lower socioeconomic women in Malaysia

    Open AccessSiti Nur Farhana Harun, Arina Anis Azlan et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2026

    Background Cervical cancer remains a major public health concern in Malaysia, particularly among women from lower socioeconomic groups. Despite the availability of free Pap smear screening, uptake remains low. Understanding psychological factors influencing screening intention is important for informing contextually appropriate interventions. This pilot study explored the relevance of Health Belief Model (HBM) constructs in relation to screening …

  • The economic toll of cancer

    Open AccessFarhana Aminuddin, Mohd Shaiful Jefri Mohd Nor Sham Kunusagaran et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    Although the public healthcare in Malaysia is highly subsidised, the lower-income households still face substantial CHE and poverty due to cancer-related OOP costs. Therefore, designing targeted policies and establishing comprehensive safety nets are essential to safeguard vulnerable households

  • Data envelopment analysis for ambulance services of different service providers in urban and rural areas in Ministry of Health Malaysia

    Open AccessNor Zam Azihan Mohd Hassan, Michael T Cahill et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    The ambulance services provided in healthcare facilities in the MOH Malaysia operate at 72.1% PTE. The difference in OTE between hospitals and health clinics' ambulance services was mainly due to the operating size rather than PTE. This study will be beneficial in providing a guide to the policymakers in improving ambulance services through the readjustment of health resources and improvement in the outputs

  • The inequalities and determinants of Households’ Distress Financing on Out-off-Pocket Health expenditure in Malaysia

    Open AccessNor Zam Azihan Mohd Hassan, Mohd Shaiful Jefri Mohd Nor Sham Kunusagaran et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    The findings implied that the improvement of health coverage should be emphasized to curtail the prevalence of distress financing, especially among those caring for the elderly, requiring admission to hospitals, and poor socio-economic groups. This study could be of interest to policymakers to help achieve and sustain health coverage for all

  • Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of High-Risk Groups Tuberculosis Screening in Malaysia

    Open AccessNor Zam Azihan Mohd Hassan, Asmah Razali et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2021

    Screening of high-risk groups for Tuberculosis (TB) is considered as the cornerstone for TB elimination but the measure of cost-effectiveness is also crucial in deciding the strategy for TB screening. This study aims to measure the cost-effectiveness of TB screening between the various high-risk groups in Malaysia. A decision tree model was developed to assess the cost-effectiveness of TB screening among the high-risk groups from a provider persp…

  • Progression of the Pathway for Public Health Care during the Covid-19 Outbreak at District Health Office

    Open AccessNoraziani Khamis, Intan Syafinaz Saimy et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2021

    Public health activities under district health offices (DHOs) play a major role in Malaysia's fight against COVID-19. This article aims to describe and illustrate the public health activity pathway in combating the COVID-19 pandemic, and a team of public health workers who are familiar with DHO work settings was created in April 2020 for that purpose. Review of documents and the Ministry of Health's updates was carried out, followed by a series o…