Context Of Vulnerability Research Articles

Pembangunan Perikanan Skala Kecil Melalui Pendekatan Mata Pencaharian Berkelanjutan

Since ancient times, small-scale fishing communities have always attracted attention to study because small-scale fisheries have an important role in human well-being and sustainable development. To ensure the sustainability of small-scale fisheries, the development will be more effective if it focuses on strengthening livelihoods. The purpose of this study was to conduct a literature review on small-scale fisheries development through a sustainable livelihood approach. This research method is literature study through descriptive analysis by regularly describing various data that has been obtained and then synthesized so as to produce clear and easy to understand understandings and concepts. The research found that the sustainable livelihoods approach should basically be understood as a tool or checklist for understanding poverty, how the government responds to the poor, and how the poor perceive their own poverty. The core concepts of the sustainable livelihoods approach are; people-centered, holistic, dynamic, building on strengths, macro-micro links, sustainability. This study also found that there are ten main ideas that represent a sustainable livelihood framework, namely; the context of vulnerability, livelihood assets, human capital, social capital, natural capital, physical capital, financial capital, the transformation of structures and processes, livelihood strategies, and livelihood outcomes.

Conducting Research in Difficult, Dangerous, and/or Vulnerable Contexts: Messy Narratives From the Field

Organizational communication scholars have historically conducted research in large for-profit businesses, governmental agencies, and a few high-profile nonprofits/NGOs—all of which are relatively easy to access and presumably “safe” to study. It is largely unsurprising, then, that limited scholarship addresses the challenges associated with conducting research in less standard contexts that are often perceived to be difficult, dangerous, and/or vulnerable (DDV). In this forum, we offer lived stories—unfiltered messy narratives—to demystify three core ethical challenges inherent in conducting research of this nature and share how we (imperfectly) navigated them. In addition, we offer practical strategies for conducting research in DDV contexts. Taken together, our overall collective aim is to successfully prepare future scholars to conduct research projects in DDV contexts.

Spatial analysis of social vulnerability in health in the Mexican South Pacific region

This article reflects on the current context of social and health vulnerability, which has become a central issue in government agendas at all levels. They represent social, economic, environmental and health processes that generate a mixed exposure of the territory and the people who inhabit it, making some more vulnerable than others; on the other hand, these conditions are also reflected in the response capacity of each individual, household and society. The objective of this research is to determine the social vulnerability in health in the Mexican South Pacific region, using the official data from the Population and Housing Census of 2020, disaggregated at the municipal level. The variables or socio-spatial conditioning factors of health have been selected, which have been standardized using an omega index to obtain a synthesis indicator of all the variables used, applying a multivariate analysis technique called Spatial Classification Scores (SCS). It allows carrying out an integration of the variables used in a systematic way, which allows a better evaluation and understanding to identify areas with greater or lesser vulnerability. The Mexican South Pacific region is a territory of great diversity and complexity, both in the social as well as in the economic and geographical context, which is why at the national level is the region with the greatest social backwardness and with the worst health rates. The results show that the highest vulnerability values are located in Cochoapa el Grande, Metlatónoc (Guerrero) and San Simón Zahuatlán (Oaxaca), characterized by high deficiencies in health services, education, decent housing and employment.

Geography of Disparity: Connecting COVID-19 Vulnerability and Social Determinants of Health in Colorado

The COVID-19 pandemic has drawn greater attention to social determinants of health and associated health inequities, which disproportionately affect vulnerable populations and places in the U.S. In this study, we explored geographic patterns of local-level COVID-19 vulnerability and associations with social and health determinants across Colorado. To conceptualize social and health determinants and how together they generate risk and exposure, we integrated the concepts of social vulnerability and syndemic to situate COVID-19 vulnerability within a broader hazards of place framework. Using geospatial statistics and GIS, we estimated census tract-level rates of COVID-19, which are not yet available in Colorado, and mapped areas of high and low incidence risk. We also developed composite indices that characterized social and health vulnerabilities to measure multivariate associations with COVID-19 rates. The findings revealed hotspots of persistent risk in mountain communities since the pandemic emerged in Colorado, as well as clusters of risk in the Urban Front Range’s central and southern counties, and across many parts of eastern Colorado. Vulnerability analyses indicate that COVID-19 rates were associated with mental health and chronic conditions along with social determinants that represent inequities in education, income, healthcare access, and race/ethnicity (minority percent of population), which may have disproportionately exposed some communities more than others to infection and severe health outcomes. Overall, the findings provide geographic health information about COVID-19 and vulnerability context, which may better inform local decision-making for interventions and policies that support equity of social determinants of health. Supplemental data for this article is available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/08964289.2021.2021382 .

Raising Children in Risk Neighborhoods from Chile: Examining the Relationship between Parenting Stress and Parental Adjustment.

Introduction: Parenting stress and parental adjustment could implicate key differences in the relational dynamics that parents establish with their children, particularly when families come from vulnerable social contexts. Method: Participants were 142 fathers and mothers from a risk neighborhood of Chile. The variables examined were parenting stress (parental distress, parent–child dysfunctional interaction and difficult child) and parental adjustment (depression, anxiety, and stress). Parents also completed a sociodemographic characterization survey. The statistical analyses were a correlation analysis and multiple linear regression analyses. Results: Overall, not all components of parenting stress were related to parental adjustment. Only parental distress was found as a significant predictor of poor parental adjustment (greater depression, anxiety, and stress), but not parent–child dysfunctional interaction and having a difficult child. Conclusions: The present study findings highlight the influence of stress on parenting as a relevant dimension of research for the improvement of the intervention deployed by the state regarding the protection of vulnerable Chilean children, providing multiple clinical and psychosocial applications for research and intervention purposes.

Associations between maternal behavior, infant joint attention, and social vulnerability

Maternal behaviors, coordination of attention between caregivers and infants, and social vulnerability of families are factors of great relevance for child development. Given the scarcity of research on early childhood in the Latin American context, maternal behaviors were studied, emphasizing parental sensitivity, and its relationship with joint attention and social vulnerability in dyads of mothers of children between 9 and 13 months. Sensitivity was found to be positively associated with joint attention, and negatively related with social vulnerability. In turn, intrusive and indifferent maternal behaviors decrease when joint attention increases. Furthermore, as the mother's contingent, quality, and receptive behavior increased, passive coordination ability in all trials tended to improve. The conclusion highlights the need to carry out interventions in vulnerability contexts from the first years of life, considering individual and environmental variables.

Provision of specialized care in remote rural municipalities of the Brazilian semi-arid region.

Specialized care barriers are widespread and multifactorial, with consequences for timely access, health outcomes, and equity, especially in rural contexts. This article aims to identify and analyze arrangements for providing specialized care in the Brazilian remote rural municipalities (RRMs). This is a multiple-case qualitative case study developed in seven RRMs located in the Brazilian semi-arid region. Twenty-two semi-structured interviews were conducted with the public health system managers, complemented by analysis of secondary data from national health information systems. Thematic content analysis was guided by the Integrated Health Service Network attributes related to the provision of specialized care. Socioeconomic indicators and indicators of availability and accessibility to health services express the context of greater vulnerability of RRM and their respective health regions when compared to states and the country. The analyzed cases do not come close to the RISS constitutive attributes. Various arrangements for the provision and financing of specialized care in the RRM were identified: public provision through an agreement between managers in the health region, health consortia, public provision in the municipality itself or neighboring municipalities, provision in private health services through direct purchase (out-of-pocket), and telehealth (very incipient). Such arrangements were unable to respond quantitatively and qualitatively to the demand for specialized care. Providing timely specialized care in an adequate place is not achieved, resulting in a fragmented, low-resolution model. The fragility of regionalized networks, aggravated by underfunding of the Brazilian Unified Health System, insufficient logistical support, and computerization of health services, contributes to care gaps and unacceptably long travel times for common specialized procedures, with more severe effects for people residing in the rural areas of the municipalities. Brazil's disorganization or lack of a systemic response based on regionalized health networks generates several care improvisations. The less structured the RISS, the more informal arrangements are made, with gains for the private sector to the detriment of public health system users.

Addressing gaps in socio-economic and natural assets to halt marine turtle egg poaching: A livelihood feasibility study in the Turtle Islands Wildlife Sanctuary, Philippines

Straddling the border between the Philippines and Malaysia, the Turtle Islands Wildlife Sanctuary (TIWS) forms part of the largest green turtle nesting ground in ASEAN. Due to various identified vulnerabilities, such as increasing population trends and the remote geographical location, the Turtle Islands municipality is highly susceptible to external shocks. To increase its resiliency, livelihood interventions took place in the islands in the late 1990s and early 2000s, however, none of these were sustainable in the long-term. The lack of means is often compensated for by the illegal harvest of marine turtle eggs, a practice prohibited under the Philippine Wildlife Resources Conservation and Protection Act. This paper analyses the current status of socio-economic and natural assets in the TIWS and identifies sustainable livelihood interventions to close gaps in basic services in the long-term and wean people away from marine turtle egg poaching. The Sustainable Livelihood Approach Framework was selected as the basis for assessments of existing Assets, the Vulnerability Context, Structures, Processes, and Livelihood Strategies. By drawing on rare empirical data from local communities in the TIWS, the study also provides unique insights into current practices of illegal wildlife trade as a result of livelihood constraints and a lack of enforcement. In total, 87 respondents were interviewed between November 2018 and June 2019, rating the Assets with 43% for Human Capital, 49% for Natural Capital, 19% for Financial Capital, 49% for Physical Capital, and 46% for Social Capital for the entirety of TIWS, with 100% signifying complete availability and access to these assets. However, these values differed significantly among the islands. On average, Taganak Island displayed the strongest and Lihiman Island the weakest conditions. The widest gaps were identified for Financial Capital. Current livelihood strategies identified were fishing and small-scale trade, with a high potential for eco-tourism as an alternative livelihood, as the year-round nesting of green turtles makes the TIWS a prime turtle watching site. The results of the Anonymous Survey revealed that the illegal turtle egg trade is still on-going, driven by poverty. Numerous recommendations were given per Asset on how to close identified gaps in basic services in the long-term, of which many have great potential to be turned into livelihoods. This study contributes to the literature on sustainable livelihood development in combination with marine turtle conservation and combating illegal wildlife trade, and serves the replication of the assessment in similar remote archipelagic settings in the future.

Analysis of COVID-19 mortality and case-fatality in a low- income region: an ecological time-series study in Tocantins, Brazilian Amazon

Introduction: Inserted in the vulnerable context of the Brazilian Amazon, the state of Tocantins has suffered damages with the dissemination of COVID-19 in its territory; however, little evidence is published from this state. 
 Objective: This study aims to analyze the case-fatality, mortality, and incidence of COVID-19 in Tocantins. 
 Methods: This is an ecological study, population-based, time-series analysis of COVID-19 cases and deaths in the state of Tocantins from March 2020 to August 2021. 
 Results: During the examined period, 219,031 COVID-19 cases, and 3,594 deaths were registered due to disease. Two possible occurrence peaks were characterized in this time-series analysis. Remarkably, the Second Wave had the highest lethality rates (3.02% - April 2021), mortality (39.81 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants – March 2021), and incidence (1,938.88 cases per 100,000 inhabitants – March 2021). At the end of the period, mortality, incidence, and lethality showed flat trends, suggesting a positive outcome of the vaccination program. 
 Conclusion: The prevention, surveillance, and control actions of COVID-19 cases in Tocantins State have been directed to mitigate the deleterious effects of the pandemic. Nevertheless, efforts are still needed to decrease lethality, mortality, and incidence trends, and ultimately to achieve control of the COVID-19 pandemic in the region.

Social Adaptation in Context: The Differential Role of Religiosity and Self-Esteem in Vulnerable vs. Non-vulnerable Populations - A Registered Report Study.

There is evidence that religiosity and self-esteem are positively related, while self-esteem and religiosity in turn predict successful social adaptation. Moreover, self-esteem has been shown to be directly related to social adaptation in vulnerable contexts. In this registered report study, we tested the hypothesis that religiosity has a positive influence on social adaptation for people living in vulnerable contexts and that self-esteem is a mediator of this relationship. Evidence from this study indicates that neither there is any effect of religiosity on social adaptation nor on self-esteem, independent of whether people live in vulnerable contexts or not.

Two Sides of the Same Coin: Fluid Intelligence and Crystallized Intelligence as Cognitive Reserve Predictors of Social Cognition and Executive Functions Among Vulnerable Elderly People.

The concept of cognitive reserve –CR– postulates two forms that prevent cognitive impairment: neural reserve and neural compensation. Both have been primarily linked to the protective role played by genetic factors, educational level, occupation or socioeconomic status. Though it is true that it has been related to executive functions, so far very little attention has been paid to its predictive capacity with other variables more related to social cognition and psychosocial adaptation. Considering socially vulnerable contexts with reduced cultural capital and educational levels, the neural reserve function would be the most relevant and best predictor of aspects related to social cognition and executive functions. We suggest that variables such as fluid and crystallized intelligence influence social cognition and executive functions. This study included a sample of 27 participants over 60 years old from varied contexts of social vulnerability. The procedure included data collection using various cognitive measures. Results show that elderly people with high intelligence—mainly fluid intelligence—have better executive functions, emotional recognition and theory of mind. These results focus on cognitive reserve and its importance because they show that elderly people in vulnerable contexts who strengthen these aspects protect themselves against the deterioration of cognitive skills. This study is the first preliminary research to present a relationship between cognitive reserve and social cognition factors in elderly subjects. Fluid intelligence functions as a highly related factor to protect the performance of executive functions, along with other social-cognitive factors relevant to facilitating the conditions of social adaptation.

Unbending the Winding Path of a Low-Income Country’s Energy Sector amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspectives from Malawi

This paper discusses the impact of COVID-19’s vulnerability context on Malawi’s Energy Sector and outlines mechanisms for enhancing Malawi’s energy-sector resilience based on experiences from a range of stakeholders. The investigation was conducted online by inviting purposively selected stakeholders to create presentations responding to thematic questions. The final sample had 19 stakeholders with representation from policy-makers, regulatory bodies, national grid supply players, off-grid players, development agencies, bankers, professional bodies, civil society, and women’s rights bodies. The presentations from the stakeholders highlighted how COVID-19 affects the operation costs of energy systems and implementation of energy systems projects in areas that require stimulus packages to contain energy system delivery costs and prevent disruption of essential services amid the COVID-19 pandemic. These services include stakeholder responses to COVID-19 in the energy sector, the role of digital payments particularly when purchasing electricity units, and the state of third-party service providers such as banks and mobile network operators to enhance preparedness and continuity of operations for the energy sector. Based on the findings in these thematic areas and an application of systems thinking in the analysis, the paper finally makes recommendations on how Malawi and similar low-income countries can strategise to enhance energy systems resilience.

MEASURING THE DETERMINANTS OF ADAPTIVE CAPACITY TO UNDERSTAND THE VULNERABILITY RISK AMONG THE RIVERBANK EROSION AFFECTED HOUSEHOLDS IN BANGLADESH: A STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING (SEM) APPROACH

Bangladesh is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world. In particular, its riverine dwellers face continuous riverbank erosion, frequent flooding, and other adverse effects of climate change which makes the life of people more vulnerable. In order to assess adaptive capacity, understanding of how different households comprehend climate change is crucial. This paper aims to measure the determinants of adaptive capacityto understand the vulnerability risk among the riverbank erosion affected households. An integrated model was proposed with the constructs derived from Awareness-Ability-Action (AAA) and Socioeconomic-Sociopolitical and Institutional-Socioecological (SSS) model. A structured questionnaire survey was used to collect data from 300 participants who were affected by natural disaster specifically river erosion. The proposed research model was tested using the partial least-squares (PLS) method, a statistical analysis technique based upon structural equation modeling (SEM).The results show that the loss of farming land and all levels of riparian households impacted severely by riverbank erosion and forced into a low livelihood status, strong adaptive capacity would reduce vulnerability risk in the affected areas, community-level vulnerability measurement enhances communities understandings, build capacity, make aware, and allow them to identify appropriate locally adaptation strategies, and local level adaptation strategies may reduce the impact of such hazards on all sorts of vulnerability risk among rural households. The nature of this study may restrict its generalizability to other research settings. Future research may be necessary to validate the findings by applying this model in the vulnerability context in other developing countries. This research method and results would generate new insights with respect to planning the sustainable development goal and provide a reference for decision-making.

Defining local extreme heat thresholds and Indoor Cooling Degree Necessity for vulnerable residential dwellings during the 2020 summer in Ankara – Part I: Air temperature

This study discusses the preliminary assessment of Indoor Cooling Degree Necessity (ICDN) based upon the standard air temperature (Ta) value of 22 °C which is defined to be the standard upper mean temperature limit (Tl) for interior comfort as defined by the WHO. By considering indoor air temperature (TaI), levelled oscillations above Tl are utilised to determine indoor temperature extremes/frequencies at a 10 min temporal resolution during the months of July and August 2020 in Ankara. These recordings were undertaken through the use of an interior in-situ Meteorological Station (MS), simultaneously, an outdoor in-situ MS was also mounted outside the naturally ventilated dwelling with the identical measurement interval period. Moreover, to supplement the encompassing outdoor data collection, two WMO MSs were utilised in the study to account for both encompassing local peri-urban Esenboga (EMS) and Ankara’s urban (AMS) outdoor air temperatures (TaO) at a 1 h temporal resolution.In addition to the ICDN’s identified variation of Tl levels, which frequently remained between +7 °C and +10 °C during periods of accentuated urban outdoor heat stress; their direct/latent cause-and-effect relationship with newly defined local extreme heat thresholds were established. Relative to July and August 2020, a total of 19 Very Hot Days (VHD33), 10 Monthly Tropical Night (MRT20), and 4 Heatwave Events (HWE31) were determined. These thresholds further underlined the growing need to associate indoor and outdoor heat stress during local extreme heat events, particularly in more vulnerable residential contexts; and moreover, in an era of increasing heat stress as result of rapid urbanisation and climate change.

Evaluation of the Effectiveness and Safety of the BNT162b2 COVID-19 Vaccine in the Vaccination Campaign among the Health Workers of Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS

Health workers, especially those in patient-facing roles, had a significantly increased risk of COVID-19 infection, having serious outcomes, and risking spreading the virus to patients and staff. Vaccination campaign planning suggests allocating initial supplies of BNT162b2 vaccine to health workers given the importance of early protection to safeguard the continuity of care to patients. The aim of the study is to assess the effectiveness and safety of BNT162b2 vaccine among the health workers of Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS (FPG). The retrospective cohort study was conducted among health staff working at the FPG. Vaccination data were collected from hospital records. The primary end points were vaccine effectiveness and safety. A total of 6649 health workers were included, of whom 5162 received injections. There were 14 cases of COVID-19 with onset at least 14 days after the second dose among vaccinated health workers and 45 cases among unvaccinated ones. BNT162b2 was 91.5% effective against COVID-19 (95% credible interval, 84.7% to 95.3%). The safety profile of BNT162b2 vaccine consisted of short-term, non-serious events. The promotion and boost of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign represents a key public health measure useful to curb the spread of the pandemic especially in vulnerable contexts, such as hospitals, where health workers carry out a paramount role for the entire community, and requires further protection with a possible booster dose in view of autumn-winter 2021.

Analisis Sentimen dan Pemodelan Topik dalam Optimalisasi Pemasaran Destinasi Pariwisata Prioritas di Indonesia

This article analyzes a theoretical perspective on sentiment analysis approaches and topic modeling to optimize tourism destination marketing using the Systematic Literature Review (SLR) method. The analysis consists of planning, implementation, and reporting stages. This Review Literature focuses on tourism destinations in Indonesia, in particular the ten priority destinations. The results of this study are that the sentiment analysis approach and topic modeling can optimize the marketing strategy of ten priority destinations in Indonesia. Nevertheless, the sentiment analysis results need to be explicitly described based on tourist attraction, tourism supporting accommodation, tourism support accessibility, and tourist activities. Furthermore, modeling topics about tourism destinations need to be classified in-depth based on tourism support, accessibility of tourism support, tourist activities, tourist attractions, and the context of vulnerability.

Analisis Sentimen dan Pemodelan Topik dalam Optimalisasi Pemasaran Destinasi Pariwisata Prioritas di Indonesia

This article analyzes a theoretical perspective on sentiment analysis approaches and topic modeling to optimize tourism destination marketing using the Systematic Literature Review (SLR) method. The analysis consists of planning, implementation, and reporting stages. This Review Literature focuses on tourism destinations in Indonesia, in particular the ten priority destinations. The results of this study are that the sentiment analysis approach and topic modeling can optimize the marketing strategy of ten priority destinations in Indonesia. Nevertheless, the sentiment analysis results need to be explicitly described based on tourist attraction, tourism supporting accommodation, tourism support accessibility, and tourist activities. Furthermore, modeling topics about tourism destinations need to be classified in-depth based on tourism support, accessibility of tourism support, tourist activities, tourist attractions, and the context of vulnerability.

Does poverty promote a different and harmful way of thinking? The links between economic scarcity, concrete construal level and risk behaviors

We tested the relationships between economic scarcity, concrete construal level and risk behaviors. We manipulated the lack of economic resources using a priming task in Studies 1 and 2, and participants reported their real income and completed the BIF scale to measure their construal level in Study 3. Studies 1–3 supported the link between perceived economic scarcity and the concrete construal level. Study 4 demonstrated the mediating role played by the concrete construal level in the influence of economic scarcity on risk behaviors using two opposite priming procedures (scarcity plus abstraction). Study 5, in a real context of economic vulnerability, supported the link between concrete mindset and risk behavioral intentions, while abstraction was associated with fewer risk intentions. Concrete thinking implies focusing on the immediate situation, which might facilitate adaptation to the demanding conditions that characterize scarcity contexts but leaves people without a broad perspective of the future to make safe decisions in situations that involve self-control, such as health-risk behaviors. Because an abstract construal level can be induced, these findings open up challenging ways to improve the conditions in which people in scarcity contexts make some behavioral decisions while we continue working to reduce situations of economic scarcity.

1.6 Personality Profiles Associated With the Risk of Substance Use and Psychiatric Symptoms in Adolescents Living in Vulnerable Contexts

Four personality risk profiles have been related to higher risk of substance misuse and mental health disorders among general populations of adolescents: impulsivity (IMP), sensation seeking (SS), hopelessness (HOP), and anxiety sensitivity (AS). Based on these previous findings, we tested the hypotheses that, in adolescents living in vulnerable contexts: 1) the 2 internalizing personality profiles (HOP, AS) would be related to internalizing symptoms (depressive, anxiety) and PTSD and complex-PTSD, whereas, 2 externalizing personality profiles (SS, IMP) would be related to externalizing symptoms (conduct, hyperactivity/inattentive); and 2) all personality profiles would be related to frequencies of alcohol and cannabis use and binge drinking. Participants were 62 adolescents (52% female; Mean age = 16.07 years) temporarily residing at 8 different youth protection units across the City of Montreal. Adolescents were assessed using the Substance Use Risk Profile Scale (SURPS) for 4 personality profiles and other self-report questionnaires for past-year substance use and mental health disorders. Univariate regression analysis was used to examine the relationship between 4 types of personality profiles, when simultaneously entered in the model, and each outcome. Over and above other personality risk profiles: higher AS, HOP, and SS were related to higher internalizing symptoms (t = 3.33, p < 0.01; t = 4.22, p < 0.001; t = 2.02, p < 0.05, respectively), whereas higher IMP was associated with higher externalizing symptoms (t = 5.00, p < 0.001). HOP was positively associated with complex-PTSD (β = 1.24; p < 0.05) and higher frequencies of alcohol (t = 2.13; p < 0.05) and cannabis (t = 2.28; p < 0.05) use. SS was positively related to binge drinking (t = 2.37; p < 0.05). The present study replicated some of the prior findings regarding the associations of personality profiles and risk of specific mental illness symptoms/disorders and additionally highlighted the role of HOP in the risk of substance misuse in adolescents living in vulnerable contexts. Efforts to reduce such risk in this population might benefit from personality-targeted interventions, which have been shown to prevent substance misuse and mental illness symptoms in students attending mainstream high schools.

Digital Competences in the Profile of Teaching Education: Context of Remote Education of Peru

Education developed in the virtual context becomes remote today both because of the distance in which school groups are served far from the city, as well as the distance that teachers and students have to reach technological resources to educate and educate themselves, and the resources that affect a higher quality digital education. In this sense, it is understood that digital skills are essential to generate relevant, comprehensive, inclusive and cooperative virtual educational methodologies, especially during the pandemic, which requires mastery of teaching techniques and mastery of these digital skills. The objective was to determine the causality of digital competencies on the teacher teaching profile. The methodology developed was quantitative, causal, correlational and transactional. The sample consisted of 200 active teachers in Basic Education from a Latin American city. These developed their teaching during the onset of the pandemic (2020) until the middle of the year 2021. The variables were evaluated with Likert-type scales. The reports conclude that the scores in digital competencies present moderate intensity of causality and correlation on the teaching profile of those evaluated. Similar effects were found from digital skills on the cognitive and affective characteristics of the profile, although there are common causal effects on motivation. It is suggested to include other variables in a multi-causal analysis, considering vulnerable contexts in evaluating teachers and their execution during the pandemic.