Exploring Prescribing Trends in Homeopathy – Non-Professionals Invited to Participate

Calling non-professional users of homeopathy to participate in a research study.

Researchers at HOHM Research are trying to learn more about the use of non-Hahnemannian prescribing techniques in North America and around the world. This phenomenon seems to be gaining ground both among professional practitioners and non-professional users, and to date there has been no study of the phenomenon.

These variations in approaches to prescribing have potentially wide-ranging implications related to foundational theoretical principles, accurate case taking and case management, suppression, minimum dose, aggravation, types of outcomes, understanding of health and disease, and more.

This ethics-approved study (CCNMREB061.Gray) will be explored through the use of open-ended descriptive focus group interviews in two interview groups:

1) professional, naturopathic, and medical homeopathy practitioners, and

2) home users of homeopathy.

You are invited to participate in a voluntary one-time 90-minute virtual focus group among home prescribing peers for a discussion on this topic. Any data collected will be anonymized and the privacy of participants will be protected.

Who can participate?

We are looking for individuals:

• 18+ years old
• Use homeopathy as a home prescriber
• Sign informed consent to participate in recorded interview
• Are available for one of the scheduled group interview sessions
• Identify using homeopathy in any of the following ways or having been prescribed remedies in these ways by a professional homeopath:
  • repeated dosing of remedies without professional supervision
  • using protocols (detox, homeoprophylaxis, Banerjee, etc), usually with ascending potencies
  • overuse of nosodes/sarcodes (repeated dosing at small intervals)
  • succession of high potency remedies without regard to individual’s vitality, etc

What is involved?

1.   Complete the Informed Consent form

2.   Complete a short demographic information form (to record age, sex, race, etc)

3.   Attend one of the scheduled 90-minute virtual small focus group interview sessions with other home prescribers

Interested?

Contact us to find out more about the research study and if you are eligible to participate!

Email [email protected] for more info.