Digital Health Among Educators: A Scoping Review (Preprint)

<sec> <title>UNSTRUCTURED</title> Digital health technologies are increasingly used to support health management, yet research focusing on educators’ engagement with digital health remains limited. Given that educators’ health literacy and digital practices influence both their own wellbeing and their students’ health behaviors, understanding their interaction with digital health tools is essential. This scoping review maps the current literature on educators’ digital health and identifies gaps in knowledge. Following the Arksey and O’Malley framework, a systematic search for peer-reviewed articles yielded 17 eligible studies. Thematic analysis revealed three themes: 1) educators’ digital health literacy and its correlates; 2) educators’ experiences and challenges in using digital health technologies; and 3) professional support and interventions for educators’ digital health. The findings indicate uneven levels of educators’ digital health literacy, mixed experiences shaped by usability and contextual constraints, and insufficient institutional support for sustained engagement. This review highlights the need for targeted capacity-building efforts and context-sensitive interventions to enhance educators’ digital health competencies and to inform future research and policy development. </sec>