Introduction: HIV/AIDS prevention training through curriculum can have a broad health benefits for the society. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to design a curriculum for HIV / AIDS prevention training for the health educators in secondary education.
Methods: Based on qualitative design and case study, and using semi-structured questionnaire with purposeful sampling and theoretical saturation technique to providing the components for designing a HIV / AIDS prevention curriculum, the views of medical professors and health professionals in the field of HIV were collected, Then the data were analyzed by using the N-vivo software version 11, through thematic analysis. The findings were categorized and organized in the form of a basic organizing, and global themes network. The triangulation method was used to validating the qualitative data.
Results: According to finding, the curriculum for HIV / AIDS prevention education has dimensions such as causes, diagnosis, general considerations, ethical considerations and prevention as organizing themes, and each of them has a variety of basic themes that can be used in designing HIV / AIDS prevention curriculum
Conclusions: If the curriculum of HIV / AIDS prevention education is designed and implemented in a specialized and technical way, it can help provides the skills needed for health behaviors and strengthen the positive attitudes needed to reduce the incidence of HIV / AIDS.