This study examined stress management among academic staff in Colleges of Health Technology in Southwest, Nigeria: Implications to Health Education. The descriptive research design of the survey type was used in this study. The population for this study consisted of all 1,097 academic staff in Colleges of Health Technology in Southwest, Nigeria. The sample for this study consisted of 250 academic staff selected from 10 Colleges of Health Technology in Southwest, Nigeria. The sample was selected through multi stage sampling procedure. An instrument tagged Academic Staff Stress Management Questionnaire (ASSMQ) was used to collect relevant data for the study. The face and content validity of the instrument were determined by Health Education and Test and Measurements experts. In ascertaining the reliability of the instrument, the test re-test method of reliability was adopted. A correlation co-efficient value of 0.815 was obtained, which was considered high enough to make the instruments reliable. The responses obtained were collated and analysed using descriptive statistics of frequency counts, percentages, mean standard deviation and graph. The findings of the study revealed that the use of relaxation activities is the strategy used mostly by academic staff in managing stress but the level of stress management in Colleges of Health Technology in Southwest, Nigeria was low. It was recommended among others that Health educators and other health providers should educate academic staff on how to manage stress, so as to protect their physical and mental health

Keywords: Stress Management, Academic Staff, Implications, Health Education,

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