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This document is part of a three-part series called Public Health Responses for Long-Term Evacuation and Recovery<\/a>, produced by the National Collaborating Centres for Public Health<\/a> (NCCPH). The goal of the project is to explore the long-term effects of evacuations due to natural disasters and associated public health responses. See below for links to the other documents in this series. <\/em><\/p>\n

First Nations peoples are at increased risk of being evacuated from their communities due to natural disasters. Existing inequities plus the impact of displacement in connection to land and community has negative health and social impacts on First Nations peoples over the long-term.  <\/p>\n

Understanding public health’s role to address and mitigate the negative impacts of natural disasters and emergency response processes needs to be rooted in the lived experience of disaster evacuation, which will vary across communities. <\/p>\n

\nCase study <\/h3>\n

Based on first-person accounts from community members, this case study explores the process and impacts of evacuation on the Blackfoot people of Siksika Nation following the Bow River flood in 2013.  <\/p>\n

Reflecting on the evacuation experience, community members reported feelings of shock, uncertainty, confusion and isolation.  <\/p>\n

Moreover, the physical and mental health of evacuees was directly impacted by factors such as: <\/p>\n