title: [A view of the Núcleo de Estudos em Saúde Coletiva].
abstract: This brief evaluation of the first twenty years of the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte's Núcleo de Estudos em Saúde Coletiva (Collective Health Studies Group; NESC/UFRN), celebrated in 2008, gathers together and correlates elements from the literature and from archives, functional and symbolic traces, and the author's experience as a participant during this time. It is observed that NESC, created in the context of the public health movement, earned a place as a reference on Rio Grande do Norte's collective health scene, although this entailed negotiating a maze while endeavoring to build collective projects. The accumulated experience serves as a tool for achieving institutional continuity.
authors: Núcleo de Estudos em Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brasil, 59 020 440.
authors: Themis Xavier de Albuquerque
authors: TX
authors: Pinheiro
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D011634:Public Health / Q000193:education* / Q000266:history*