Resumo: O artigo busca entender qual é a capacidade das redes construídas no âmbito da Lei Maria da Penha e do projeto Mulheres da Paz para lidar com as temáticas da violência de gênero. Para tanto, foram comparadas as percepções de atores-chave no que se refere aos arranjos intersetoriais advindos da Lei Maria da Penha no município de Belo Horizonte e das redes de proteção criadas através do projeto Mulheres da Paz, de Uberaba, bem como entrevistas semiestruturadas com os beneficiários dessas ações. Conclui-se que ambas as ações apresentam múltiplas dificuldades em se institucionalizarem como práticas intersetoriais e parcerias sólidas com outras organizações que atendem mulheres vítimas de violência, evidenciando que, apesar dos discursos acerca da participação e intersetorialidade, cada vez mais presentes nas ações e políticas de enfrentamento à violência, na prática essas ações tiveram pouca ressonância.

Abstract: The article aims to understand the capacity of the networks built under the Maria da Penha Law and the Women of Peace project to deal with the issues of gender violence. For this purpose, the perceptions of key actors regarding the intersectoral arrangements arising from the Maria da Penha Law in the city of Belo Horizonte and the protection networks created through the Women of Peace project in Uberaba were compared, as well as semi-structured interviews with the beneficiaries of these actions. It is concluded that both actions present multiple difficulties in institutionalizing as intersectoral practices and strong partnerships with other organizations that meet women victims of violence. This evidences that despite the discourses about participation and intersectoriality increasingly present in the actions and policies that face with violence, in practice these actions had little resonance.

OBJECTIVE: To assess the effect of blood pressure (BP) control and other cardiovascular risk factors in patients with diabetes mellitus in a referral service for the treatment of hypertension. METHODS: A retrospective study where diabetic patients (at least 2 fasting glucose levels above 126 mg/dL, use of hypoglycemic agents or insulin, or both of these) were included. They were evaluated at the first appointment (M1) and at the last appointment (M2), regarding blood pressure, body mass index (BMI), use of hypertensive drugs, glycemia, total cholesterol (TC), creatinine, and potassium. RESULTS: Of 1,032 patients studied, 146 patients with a mean age of 61.6 years had diabetes, and 27 were men (18.5%). Mean follow-up was 5.5 years. BP values were 161.6 x 99.9 mmHg in M1 and 146.3 x 89.5 mmHg in M2. In M1, 10.4% of the patients did not use medications, 50.6% used just 1 drug, 30.8% used 2 drugs, and 8.2% used 3 or more drugs. In M2, these values were 10.9%, 39%, 39.7%, and 10.4%, respectively. Diuretics were the most commonly used medication, whereas angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE inhibitors) were those drugs which presented greater increase when comparing M1 to M2 (24.6% and 41.7%, respectively). Only 17,1% reached the recommended goal (BP<130x85 mmhg). The other cardiovascular risk factors did not change significantly. CONCLUSION: Our data reinforce the necessity of a more aggressive approach in the treatment of these patients, despite the social and economic difficulties in adhering to treatment.