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 research@hohmfoundation.org for more info.