Awareness, knowledge, and motivations about lifespan, healthspan, and Healthy Longevity Medicine in the general population: The HEalthy LOngevity (HELO) conceptual framework

Author

Belinda WANG
Anna SZUCS
Elena SANDALOVA
E. J. HORBERG
Paul A. O'Keefe
Louis ISLAND
Hans J. MEIJ
Sonny ROSENTHAL, Singapore Management UniversityFollow
Andrea B. MAIER

Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

6-2025

Abstract

The global population is ageing and the gap between lifespan (total years lived) and healthspan (years lived free of diseases) is increasing. Healthy Longevity Medicine (HLM) is an approach to optimise health and healthspan, and it has substantial public health implications. Despite those implications, the understanding of public perspectives on this field is lacking. The HEalthy LOngevity (HELO) framework was developed through a literature review guided by expert discussions across disciplines to include evidence-based concepts of health-related decision-making, ageing, and HLM. The framework organises concepts into three components. The first two components, awareness and knowledge, explore public perception and understanding of the healthy longevity field, respectively. The third component, motivations, reflects factors underlying motivations towards healthy longevity. These include personality, current behaviours, personal values and beliefs, and health-related perceptions. The framework outlines the theoretical foundation to explore public knowledge and interest in healthy longevity. The framework will be refined based on findings from qualitative focus groups in Singapore and then applied to quantitative population surveys globally. These HELO initiatives aim to inform strategies for integrating HLM into public healthcare, promoting health and healthspan.

Keywords

Aging, Awareness, Healthspan, Lifespan, Longevity, Motivation

Discipline

Asian Studies | Gerontology | Health Information Technology | Medicine and Health Sciences

Research Areas

Integrative Research Areas

Publication

GeroScience

Volume

47

Issue

3

First Page

4567

Last Page

4576

ISSN

2509-2715

Identifier

10.1007/s11357-025-01562-4

Publisher

Springer

Citation

WANG, Belinda; SZUCS, Anna; SANDALOVA, Elena; HORBERG, E. J.; O'Keefe, Paul A.; ISLAND, Louis; MEIJ, Hans J.; Sonny ROSENTHAL; and MAIER, Andrea B.. Awareness, knowledge, and motivations about lifespan, healthspan, and Healthy Longevity Medicine in the general population: The HEalthy LOngevity (HELO) conceptual framework. (2025). GeroScience. 47, (3), 4567-4576.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cis_research/374

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https://doi.org/10.1007/s11357-025-01562-4