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The aim of this work was to examine the relationship between health, education and control of communicable diseases among primary school pupils in Nsit Ibom Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State. Four objectives, research questions and hypotheses were formulated for the study Social Cognitive Theory and the Health Belief Model was the theoretical frameworks that guided the study. Descriptive survey research design is adopted for this study. The area of the study was Nsit Ibom Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State. The population of the study was one- thousand two hundred and eleven (1,211) primary school pupils. The study used simple random sampling technique in selecting respondents for the study. A sample size of 120 primary 4 pupils was randomly selected from 5 public schools. The research instrument used for the study was a researcher designed instrument titled “Health Education and Control of Communicable Diseases Instrument” (HFCDI). In other to determine the reliability of the instrument, a test retest method was adopted. A reliability co-efficient of 0.84 was established for the instrument using the Pearson Product Moment Correlation. Pearson Product Moment Correlation was the statistical tool used in data analyses as well as answering research questions, findings from the study revealed a significant relationship between health education and the control of communicable diseases such as measles, chicken pox, mumps and conjunctivitis among primary school pupils in Nsit Ibom Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State.

Keywords: Health Education, Communicable Diseases, Primary School Pupils, Etinan Local Government Area And Akwa Ibom State.