
Xavier Allué Martínez
Xavier Allué i Martínez was born in 1943 and graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the Faculty of Medicine (University of Barcelona) in 1966. Between 1966 and 1968 he completed his specialist training in Pediatrics, also at the University of Barcelona. He undertook his postgraduate training in the USA (Fulbright Scholar) at the University of Oklahoma from 1968 to 1969 and then in pediatric pulmonology at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from 1971 to 1972. In 1996 he was awarded a Master’s Degree in Medical Anthropology. And in 1997 he completed his doctorate in Anthropology at the Rovira I Virgili University. He has been the head of Pediatrics at the University Hospital of Tarragona "Joan XXIII". Since 1984 he has been lecturing at the Faculty of Medicine, Rovira i Virgili University, and since 1996 at the Department of Anthropology, Philosophy and Social Work. He was the Medical Director of the University Hospital of Tarragona "Joan XXIII" from 1992 to 1994. He has taken part in over 100 courses, roundtables, conferences and presentations at professional conferences, and he has published 62 scientific publications referenced in Spanish and international journals, and made more than 80 scientific communications at conferences and scientific meetings. He has written two books as the sole author and 20 book chapters. He has translated 8 books from English and written more than 1100 journalistic publications in local and national newspapers. He was a founding member of the Sections (later Societies) of Pediatric Intensive Care and Pediatric Pneumology of the AEP. Between 1981 and 1983 he was president of the Medical Association of the Balearic Islands-Ibiza. For eight years he was a member of the Board of Directors of the Catalan Pediatric Society and he is currently a member of the Spanish Society of Social Pediatrics.
Lines of research
- General lines: Social Anthropology, Pediatrics, Primary Health Care (public health)
- Technical and methodological profile: qualitative techniques, biostatistics
- Basic lines of research: migrations, obesity, social pediatrics
- Supplementary lines of research: primary care for children, international adoptions, pediatric emergencies
- Geographical areas of interest:Europe
Papers in journals
- Allué, X.; (2007), “Factores psicosociales en la salud infantil. Trabajo social y Salud, 56: 161-169. Link.
- Allué, X.; (2007), “La protección de los menores de los malos tratos”. Agathos. Atención sociosanitaria y bienestar, 3 (year 7): 28-34. Link to journal.
- Allué, X.; (2005) “Salut infantil i diversitat sexual”. Pediatria Catalana, 65:5-6. Complete paper.
- Allué, X.; (2005) “Epidemiology and surveillance of Pertussis among infants in Catalonia, Spain, during 1997-2001”, Moraga F, et al. on behalf of The TOSCA Study group. Pediat Infect. Dis J, 24:510-513. Link.
- Allué, X.; (2005) “Aspectos ético-legales-profesionales en el ejercicio del pediatra de Atención Primaria”. Foro Pediátrico , 2:42-44. Complete paper.
Books
- Comelles, J.M.; Allué, X.; Bernal, M.; Fernández Rufete, J.; Mascarella, L. (eds) (2010) Migraciones y salud. Tarragona: URV, ISBN: 978-84-692-7267-1. Key Words: migracions internacionals / antropologia mèdica / salut pública / polítiques públiques. Link.
Book chapters
- Allué, X., (2008) Nurses, in: JM Comelles, MA Martorell & M. Bernal (eds.), Enfermeria y Antropología. Padeceres, cuidadores y cuidados, Barcelona: Icaria, pp. 57-66, (ISBN 978-84-9888-002-1). Link.
- Allué, X. i Benitez, MT, (2007) Implicaciones que tiene la discapacidad para el niño. In: Diaz Huertas JA, Ruiz Dias MA Riiz Dias V., Infancia y Discapacidad, Madrid:Sociedad de Pediatria Social, pp. 59-64 (ISBN 978-84-611-7418-8). Link.
- Allué, X, 2007. Trastorno por déficit de atención con hiperactividad. Estado actual y propuestas de mejora. In: SIAS 6, Informe Salud Infancia, Adolescencia y Sociedad. , Madrid 2007, pp 119-125, (ISBN: 978-84-612-1030-5). Link.
- Allué, X.; Mascarella, L.; Bernal, M.; Comelles, Josep M. (2006), De la hegemonía de la clínica a la etnografía en la investigación intercultural en salud. In: Fernández Juárez, Gerardo (coord), Salud e interculturalidad en América Latina : antropología de la salud y crítica intercultural , Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, pags. 15-32 (ISBN 84-8427-481-0). Link.
- Riaño D, Allué X. Olona M. Pardo S., (2005) Sistema d'Informació Hospitalària d'ajuda a l'adaptació de pesos relatius als GRD. In: Agencia d'Avaluació de Tecnología i Recerca Mediques, Memòria. . Barcelona. (Dep. leg. B-32477-2005). Link.
- Allué, X.; Martínez, A. et al. (2005) Informe 2004 CIIIM. La salut dels nens i joves: malalties i malestars en una societat desigual. Grup de discussió Infancia, familia i canvi social a Catalunya, vol. II, pp 403-470.
- Allué, X. (2005) Los problemas psicosociales en Urgencias. In: Benito J, Luaces C, Mintegui S, Pou J (eds). Tratado de Urgencias en Pediatria.Madrid: Ergon, pp: 3-13. (ISBN 84-8474-312-2). Link.
- Allué, X., (2005) Faringitis. Amigdalitis. In: Benito J, Luaces C, Mintegui S, Pou J eds. Tratado de Urgencias en Pediatria. Ed. Ergon, Madrid 2005, pp: 220-223. (ISBN 84-8474-312-2). Link.
Thesis he is supervising
- Prat Caballol, Rita.
Xavier Allué



