To construct the AIDS prevention behavior education program for elderly women based on the theory of planned behavior, and to provide reference for the development of AIDS prevention behavior education for elderly women.

Based on the theory of planned behavior, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 16 experts and 15 elderly women around the four dimensions of behavioral attitude, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, and behavioral intention, and a preliminary plan was constructed. Using the Delphi method, two rounds of consultation were conducted with 20 specialists. Selection criteria for program components required all items to meet the following thresholds: mean scores more than 3.5 for both importance and feasibility, coefficient of variation less than 0.25, and full score percentage more than 20%. This process resulted in the final formulation of an AIDS prevention behavior education program targeting elderly women.

The response rates of experts in the two rounds were 100% and 90%, respectively. The authority coefficients of experts were 0.888 and 0.884, respectively. The Kendall’s coefficients of concordance were 0.193 and 0.218, respectively (both P<0.001).Finally, an AIDS prevention behavior education program for elderly women was established, including 4 first-level items, 10 second-level items, 19 third-level items, and 6 participatory teaching methods.

The AIDS prevention behavior education program for elderly women based on the theory of planned behavior is scientific and reliable, which provides new ideas and methods for AIDS prevention behavior education for elderly women.