Knowledge, Attitude and Cervical Cancer Screening Among Female Secondary School Teachers in Osogbo, Southwest Nigeria

Cervical cancer is the second cause of cancer death after breast cancer among Nigerian women till date which is not in developed world due to availability of screening and its high uptake in these regions of the world. Various studies have been carried out across different ethnic and professional groups except among the teachers in high schools which can be classified as elites in the society. Results revealed that there is high awareness of the screening with low uptake. However, those with better knowledge of the disease had significant higher uptake of the screening compared with those with lower knowledge. Though the overall uptake is still low. The study had demonstrated the effect of health education on disease prevention. The morbidity and mortality associated with this condition can be greatly reduced if not completely eliminated provided that the policy makers in our country make it a priority through family life education at all levels of our educational systems coupled with availability of the screening in all health facilities and school clinics.