title: Maria Cecília Puntel de Almeida: builder of bridges between Nursing and Public Health in Brazil.
abstract: Professor Maria Cecília Puntel de Almeida (1944-2009) built a professional and academic career of which the main feature was her attempt to create and strengthen the interface between Nursing and Public Health in Brazil. From the beginning of her career she recognized this connection and understood the complexity of health problems and peoples' needs when seeking care. Her commitment took the form of both scientific output and also her contributions to the various fields in which she worked. As well as her contribution to the concept of the work process of nursing, she contributed to thinking on health practices and multi-professional training in the construction of a differentiated body of knowledge, which she approached from the perspective of the struggle for democracy in health and understanding of this as a right of citizenship.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, PR, Brasil, mjscochi@uem.br.
authors.forename: Maria José
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Scochi
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem Materno-Infantil e Saúde Pública, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo.
authors.forename: Silvana Martins
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Mishima
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Orientação Profissional, Escola de Enfermagem, USP.
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peduzzi
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D003709:Democracy; D006676:History of Nursing; D049673:History, 20th Century; D011634:Public Health / Q000266:history*