BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//pretalx//conferences.acspri.org.au//2026//speaker//YLQBF8 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:AEST BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20000326T040000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=3;UNTIL=20050326T170000Z TZNAME:AEST TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20060402T040000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=4;UNTIL=20060401T170000Z TZNAME:AEST TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20070325T040000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=4SU;BYMONTH=3;UNTIL=20070324T170000Z TZNAME:AEST TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20080406T040000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=4 TZNAME:AEST TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20000827T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=4SU;BYMONTH=8;UNTIL=20000826T170000Z TZNAME:AEDT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20011028T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10;UNTIL=20071027T170000Z TZNAME:AEDT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20081005T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=10 TZNAME:AEDT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-2026-NPTBAN@conferences.acspri.org.au DTSTART;TZID=AEST:20261125T121500 DTEND;TZID=AEST:20261125T123000 DESCRIPTION:Migrant\, refugee and asylum-seeking women experience mental we llbeing and service navigation within complex social fields shaped by migr ation histories\, gendered expectations\, language\, socioeconomic pressur es\, cultural difference\, family responsibilities and particularities of local health and social services. In South-West Sydney\, these determinant s intersect with high cultural and linguistic diversity and concentrated s ocioeconomic inequities in access to appropriate mental health supports. T he Care Navigation for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CaNCALD) Wom en’s Project is a place-based\, participatory action research project th at centres the knowledge and lived experience of women\, community members and service providers. It seeks to understand how women experiencing ment al health concerns navigate community\, social and health systems that sha pe their wellbeing\, identify community assets that already sustain wellbe ing\, and inform co-designed responses that strengthen person-centred and culturally responsive systems. \n\nThis paper presents preliminary finding s from a social network mapping analysis embedded in the project’s first phase. For this phase\, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 23 m igrant\, refugee and/or asylum-seeking women with lived experience of ment al health concerns\, as well as with 29 health and service providers\, and community leaders in South-West Sydney. Interview data were first examine d through social determinants of mental health\, assets-based community de velopment and actor-network theory lenses. Social network analysis was use d to map the dynamic and interconnected system of factors affecting women ’s mental wellbeing and navigation of community\, social and health syst ems\, and then overlayed with an Action Scales Model (ASM) to identify lev erage areas for intervention. Adopting the four ASM classifications of ‘ events’\, ‘structures’\, ‘goals’ and ‘beliefs’ helps locate these issues within wider patterns of relationships\, resource flows\, ser vice expectations and norms\, enabling us to identify leverage points for intervention at multiple levels. \n\nCutting through the vast complexity o f factors and data\, social network analysis made visible the actors and c onnections shaping women’s navigation journeys at different scales. Prel iminary analysis suggests that women’s navigation of community\, social and health systems is not organised around a single pathway\, but through a dispersed and relational network of structural factors and interpersonal supports. Housing stress\, income insecurity\, family and caring responsi bilities\, trauma\, English proficiency\, service complexity and perceptio ns of safety shape not only women’s wellbeing\, but also the pathways th rough which support becomes visible\, trusted and reachable. At the same t ime\, the network reveals important assets\, including culturally grounded community spaces\, women’s groups\, practical assistance\, informal int erpreting and accompaniment\, and relationships with workers who bridge co mmunity and service systems. Overlaying the ASM onto the social network ma p helps distinguish prominent service-navigation issues from the deeper st ructures\, goals and beliefs that sustain them. \n\nThese preliminary fin dings helped inform the second and third phases of this participatory rese arch project. They provide rich information for a co-design team of women (including community members and service providers) to design\, prototype\ , and test pilot interventions that improve how migrant\, refugee and asyl um-seeking women experiencing mental health concerns navigate community\, social and health systems. From analysis to action\, this presentation inv ites reflection on how social network mapping is a useful methodology for participatory\, place-based mental health equity work by illuminating the vulnerabilities and strengths in the systems that women navigate. DTSTAMP:20261013T070119Z LOCATION:MacCallum Room SUMMARY:Mapping pathways to wellbeing: Social network analysis of system na vigation among migrant\, refugee and asylum-seeking women experiencing men tal health concerns in South-West Sydney - Jinwen Chen URL:https://conferences.acspri.org.au/2026/talk/NPTBAN/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR