RESUMEN
Students are susceptible to mental health and psychological problems in different situations. The purpose of this study was to use a participatory-educational intervention for enhancement of self-esteem and psychological well-being of the students of Gonabad and Birjand medical sciences universities. This experimental study was based on Precede model in which 154 university students were randomly selected for the case and control groups. The data were collected by GHQ>-28, Rosenberg's self-esteem scale, enabling, predisposing and reinforcement factors questionnaires. The skill training program was used based on focus group discussion method in the sub-group of 12 participants. Then planned and implemented program was evaluated in the groups. The data were analysed using SPSS software. The results showed that there are significant differences between predisposing, enabling and reinforcement factors, self-esteem and psychological well-being variables before and after intervention. Moreover, after intervention, differences in psychological well-being [P<0.0001], self-esteem [P<0.001], predisposing factors [P<0.01], enabling and reinforcement factors [P<0.02] in case a and control groups, were significant. The study showed that skill training based on Precede Model can enhance self-esteem and psychological well-being and leads to empowerment and participation