The Concept of Health Locus of Control (HLOC) indicates the personal belief of an individual about who or what affects his/her health. This approach emphasizes the importance of individual responsibility for health, especially in the school years which represent a 'critical period' for students to adopt healthy behaviours and lifestyles. The main aim of this survey is to define relationships between Health Locus of Control and the dietary behaviours of Turkish adolescent students by evaluating their risky health behaviours. Results of this survey are used for prediction of how to modify positive health behaviours of students for the protection and promotion of their health. The study group of this descriptive study consists of primary and secondary school students (831) in Ankara. The results not only clearly indicate the relationship between HLOC and dietary behaviours of adolescent students, but also support the results of earlier research. In particular, the association between the relatively higher Chance-HLOC, which represents low responsibility for health, and risky dietary behaviours of students is striking. The Internal-HLOC of students has been found to be more effective than External-HLOC in maintaining healthy dietary behaviours. School psychologists and health educators need to emphasize HLOC in educational activities for reduction of risky behaviours. key words: behaviours; health; locus of control; students 626 School Psychology International

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Introduction There were 14.1 million new cancer cases, 8.2 million cancer deaths, and 32.6 million people living with cancer (within 5 years of diagnosis) in 2012 worldwide (1). Cancer represents a tremendous burden on patients, families, and societies (2). Cancer is firmly at the forefront of the Turkish health agenda with a total cancer incidence of 269.7 in males and 173.3 in females per 100,000 world standard population (3,4).Treatment methods, symptom control, and the sustaining of physiological, psychological, and social wellbeing are some important issues that individuals with cancer must tackle. From the point of view of preventing and coping with physical and mental problems related to illness and treatment, positive health behaviors, improvement of self-care, strengthening of social support networks, and provision of counseling, information, and education are considered to be positive factors regarding quality of life and perceived social support. Social support is defined as the existence or availability of people who let individuals know that they care about, value, and love them. The link between social support and psychological well-being is well established (5), and much of the research conducted suggests a role for social support in a number of diseases (i.e. cardiovascular disorders, cancer, infectious diseases) (6). During a hard and complex illness like cancer, perceived support from social relationships is very important (7,8).This study aims to evaluate the perceived social support and quality of life measures of the participants with respect to demographic and illness-related characteristics. Materials and methodsThis descriptive study was carried out in the inpatient and outpatient chemotherapy and radiotherapy units of the medical oncology departments of three hospitals located in Ankara: Ankara University Faculty of Medicine's hospitals on two different campuses, Ibn-i Sina Hospital (902 beds) and Cebeci Research Hospital (1011 beds); and the Dr.Background/aim: Cancer has become an important public health challenge all around the world. Though the demographic and clinical features of cancer patients are well documented in Turkey, the establishment of social support networks has been somewhat neglected. The aim of the study was to assess cancer patients' perceived social support and quality of life characteristics.

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Over the last 54 years, the pattern of measles cases demonstrated a significant decline in incidence. However, the increase in incidence in 2013 should be carefully analyzed and interpreted in terms of the MEP.