In this article, I set out to capture the dynamics of two streams within the fi eld of global health research: realist research and medical anthropology. I critically discuss the development of methodology and practice in realist health research in lowand middle-income countries against the background of anthropological practice in global health to make claims on why realist enquiry has taken a high fl ight. I argue that in order to provide a contribution to today’s complex global issues, we need to adopt a pragmatic stance and move past disciplinary silos: both methodologies have the potential to be well-suited to an analysis of deep layers of context and of key social mechanisms.

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全球卫生研究，人类学和现实主义研究

在本文中，我着手描述了全球健康研究领域中两个流的动态：现实主义研究和医学人类学。我将在全球卫生人类学实践的背景下，对中低收入国家的现实主义健康研究方法和实践的发展进行批判性的讨论，以阐明为什么现实主义的研究如此之高。我认为，为了对当今复杂的全球性问题做出贡献，我们需要采取务实的立场，摆脱纪律性的孤岛：这两种方法都有可能非常适合于对深层背景和关键社会分析进行分析。机制。