Tehran University of Medical Sciences Iranian Journal of Public Health 2251-6085 42 12 2013 12 15 1422 9 Shirin Djalalinia 1. Deputy of Research & Technology, Ministry of Health & Medical Education , Iran ; 2. Non Communicable Disease Research Center, Endocrinology & Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Endocrine and Metabolism Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences , Tehran, Iran. Fahimeh Ramezani Tehrani 3. Endocrinology Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshy University of Medical Sciences. Hossein Malekafzali 4. Health Research Institute of Tehran, Tehran University of Medical Sciences , Tehran, Iran. Niloofar Peykari 1. Deputy of Research & Technology, Ministry of Health & Medical Education , Iran ; 2. Non Communicable Disease Research Center, Endocrinology & Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Endocrine and Metabolism Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences , Tehran, Iran. 2015 10 15 In the area of youth health, peers education is an approach to health promotion. Assess the training needs of peers educators clarifies the components, values, and quality of training protocols. Aim to that we conducted a participatory educational needs assessment of youth peer educators.Involving youth and key informants in direct collaboration with research team, a qualitative approach was planned based on grounded theory. For data collection a semi-structured guide questioning was designed. Sixteen focus group discussions and 8 in depth interview were held.The majority of participants emphasized on the importance of mental health, life skills, AIDS prevention, contraception methods, and healthy nutrition as the main training topics. They were extremely interested into the comprehensive educational material among their participatory role in peer programs.The training programs should be well defined based on the knowledge, skills and behavior of peers. During the implementation, training programs should be followed to meet the ongoing educational needs of service providers. https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/4276 https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/download/4276/3928