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ABSTRACT

The study examined the extent to which cervical cancer screening uptake predict morbidity among teachers in Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District.  Correlational research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised of 1,532 female teachers in the 84 Public Secondary Schools in Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District as at 2024/2025 academic year. A sample size of 485 teachers were selected for the study.  The selection was done using multistage sampling procedure. Two researcher’s made instruments entitled “Cervical Cancer Questionnaire (CCQ) and Morbidity among Teachers Questionnaire (MATQ) were used for data collection. The instruments were subjected to face validity.  Reliability coefficients of 0.84 and 0.87 were obtained for the “Cervical Cancer Questionnaire (CCQ)” and “Morbidity among Teachers Questionnaire (MATQ) respectively using Cronbach Alpha statistics. Simple linear regression was used to answer the research questions and also to test the hypotheses formulated at .05 level of significance. The findings of the study showed that: knowledge of method of cervical cancer screening uptake and personal interest of cervical cancer screening uptake significantly predict morbidity among teachers in Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District.  Based on the findings of the study, it was concluded that cervical cancer (Knowledge of method of cervical cancer screening uptake and personal interest of cervical cancer screening uptake predict morbidity among teachers in Akwa Ibom North West senatorial district. It was recommended among others that, Ministry of Education should organize regular seminars and workshops to improve teacher’s   knowledge of cervical cancer screening methods. This will empower them to understand available screening options, procedures, and benefits.