Abstract
Objectives: To investigate the knowledge, awareness, and attitudes of school teachers towards breast cancer in Kaduna metropolis.
 Methods: A survey of school teachers aged 20 – 65 years was conducted in both public and private schools in Kaduna metropolis. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect the data.
 Results: Out of the 997 participants, mean age 40.69 (SD = 12.09) years. Of all the participants, 259 (26.0%) were males, and 738 (74.0%) were females. The role of a teacher in disseminating information or knowledge cannot be overemphasized. Because of that crucial role they play thus makes it necessary that they have the right information so that they can transfer such to their students or wards. The children today represents the young generation that is growing. It will be good if they have the right knowledge about breast cancer concerning what breast cancer is, what causes it, knowledge of signs and symptoms, and what measures to take to prevent or treat it.
 Conclusion: This study shows that there is breast cancer awareness but there is low in-depth knowledge about the disease. There is low knowledge of risk factors, signs and symptoms, low response to breast self-examination (BSE), clinical breast examination (CBE) and mammography. Educational health programs can be organized to help create more awareness and knowledge about breast cancer which has the potential to help the public in making informed decisions thereby reducing the incidence of this disease.
Highlights
According to the 2014 World Health Organization (WHO) report, among other causes of deaths worldwide, 14.6% of deaths are as a result of a variety of cancer types
Those that assist in taking care of kindergartens and some teachers who had a secondary level of education were employed by private primary schools while waiting for admission into higher institutions
A total of 329 (44.6%) of females claimed to have a moderate knowledge of breast cancer which is higher than the males where about 106 (40.9%) said they have low knowledge about the disease Table 4
Summary
According to the 2014 World Health Organization (WHO) report, among other causes of deaths worldwide, 14.6% of deaths are as a result of a variety of cancer types. Breast cancer compared with cervix cancer leads to more deaths, about three times more often, affecting women of ages 15 to 50 years 1. Women need to be educated with regards to signs that may serve as early diagnostic warnings and symptoms, which will cause them to habitually go for improved health seeking. This awareness creation is vital to basically reducing the high incidence and death rate for breast cancer disease 3. It is vital to create awareness but more importantly spreading the knowledge with regards to the fact that breast cancer can be cured, if the nature and cause of it are considered early, the patient will have a good chance of survival 5.
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