Objective: To investigate the prevalence of difficulties in adopting initial breastfeeding techniques and their association with breast disorders in postpartum women.Methods: The cross-sectional study was carried out with 276 randomly selected mother-baby pairs in rooming-in in 3 hospitals in a city of Minas Gerais State (southeast Brazil). An assessment protocol was established to evaluate the breastfeeding technique used. The association between the variables studied and breast disorders was determined by the chi-square test followed by logistic regression, with significance level set at 0.05.Results: The main factors indicating difficulties to initiate the breastfeeding techniques were inadequate attachment of the baby to the breast (25%), baby response to the contact with the breast (26.1%) and breast disorders (28.3%). Variables associated with postparturm breast disorders were: adolescent mothers (OR 3.35; 95%CI 1.51-7.44; p=0.003); maternal schooling ≤8 years (OR 2.07; 95%CI 1.01-4.23; p=0.048); and supplement provision to the newborn at the hospital (OR 2.36; 95%CI 1.40-4.92; p=0.003). Mothers working outside the household (OR 0.31; 95%CI 0.16-0.61; p=0.001) served as as protective factor on the multivariate model.Conclusions: The main difficulties in initial breastfeeding were associated with breast disorders, and the factors associated with this problem included demographic and social, variables, as well as others related to the care routine adopted by maternity hospitals.

Objetivo:. Estimar a prevalência de comportamentos e fatores de risco cardiovascular em hipertensos assistidos pelas equipes da Estratégia Saúde da Família (ESF) em uma cidade do norte de Minas Gerais. Método:.Trata-se de estudo transversal, com amostra de hipertensos cadastrados em equipes da ESF. As prevalências de fatores e comportamentos de risco foram comparadas entre homens e mulheres por meio do teste qui-quadrado, assumindo-se um nível de significância de 5% (p<0,05).Resultados:. Participaram do estudo 720 pessoas. Dentre as variáveis investigadas, destacam-se os seguintes comportamentos de risco: sedentarismo, o baixo consumo de frutas e o consumo de carnes vermelhas com gordura aparente. Alguns fatores de risco foram mais prevalentes entre os homens e proporções maiores de valores para hipertensão não controlada também foram registradas para os homens (57,6%). Conclusão:.Os resultados revelaram elevada prevalência de fatores e comportamentos de risco para doença cardiovascular para a população estudada, especialmente entre os homens.