@article{fdi:010096969,
  title = {{C}onfigurations as a powerful analytical tool for examining global health interventions},
  author = {{R}idde, {V}al{\'e}ry and {L}ouart, {S}. and {S}umrina, {J}. and {G}oudet, {J}ean-{M}arc},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{I}n recent years, the evaluation of global health interventions has seen the concept of 'configuration' re-emerging through an approach rooted in critical realism. {H}owever, thanks to the work of {N}orbert {E}lias, this concept is longstanding and has been widely utilized in sociology. {T}his methodological and reflective text aims to demonstrate how this concept is beneficial for examining global health interventions. {A}fter analyzing how the configuration is approached in health sociology, organizational sociology, and realist evaluation, we show its heuristic contribution through three empirical examples in global health. {T}he text highlights the diverse uses and challenges of the configurational approach in the ongoing debate on generalization and causality in evaluating interventions.},
  keywords = {{E}valuation ; {C}onfiguration ; {S}ociology ; {R}ealism ; {G}lobal health ; {MONDE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{D}iscover {P}ublic {H}ealth},
  volume = {23},
  numero = {1},
  pages = {496 [19 p.]},
  year = {2026},
  DOI = {10.1186/s12982-026-01841-1},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010096969},
}