Due, ClemenceTaylor, AmandaSawyer, AlyssaAiyar, Ria2025-07-212025-07-212025https://hdl.handle.net/2440/146195It is well established in research and practice that the antenatal and postnatal period is a time when families require additional support. Recently, research has expanded focus to the First 2000 Days (conception to age five), recognising that families continue to need ongoing support for wellbeing and healthy child development. Thus far there is little research on this period that includes culturally and racially marginalised (CARM) migrant, refugee or asylum-seeker families. Additionally, the First 2000 Days are a key period to ensure healthy outcomes across the lifespan, especially for CARM groups who may experience greater wellbeing inequities. Therefore, this thesis considered South and Southeast (S/SE) Asian migrants, primarily in Australia. The overarching aim of this thesis was to investigate the wellbeing and parenting experiences as well as the help-seeking and support experiences of this group. Conceptual frameworks underpinning wellbeing and parenting were broad and guided by consideration of the key role of cultural background including collectivism. Health equity was also used as a guiding framework in relation to support and help-seeking. The research that forms this thesis comprised two studies presented across three papers. Study 1 (Paper 1), a systematic review, explored the wellbeing and support experiences of S/SE Asian refugee caregivers in the First 2000 Days in resettlement countries. Most included studies focused on women, highlighting wellbeing challenges including isolation and distressing healthcare experiences. The second study was a qualitative and interview-based to address the same thesis aim, focusing on Australia. Participants were S/SE Asian caregivers from migrant backgrounds (n=11 including nine mothers, one father, one grandmother), and service providers (n=22). This study led to two papers (Papers 2 and 3) analysed using reflexive thematic analysis. Paper 2 explored how S/SE Asian mothers experienced parenting in a culture that was not their own, and the influences of these experiences on their wellbeing.enFirst 2000 Daysmigrationwellbeingparentingculturally responsive carehealth equityqualitativeThesis