AF Community Assessment kicks off

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  • By Airman 1st Class Mariah Tolbert
  • 4th Fighter Wing Public Affairs
SEYMOUR JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE, N.C.-- --  The 2013 Air Force Community Assessment (CA) survey begins here March 29 and runs through the end of May.

The CA survey will provide base and AF leaders a snapshot of community wellness, strengths and risks to Airmen and their families.

"The community assessment survey is the primary tool that we will use to create our Community Action Plan, the backbone of our resiliency support to 4th Fighter Wing Airmen," said Richard Lambert, 4th FW community support coordinator. "As fiscal constraints and deployment challenges continue to impact our Airmen, it is vital that we provide them the best possible support and this survey is the means to that support."

The survey will randomly be sent out to active-duty, reserve and guard Airmen as well as spouses and Department of Defense civilians.

There are seven main components of the survey. They are:
  1. Personal Adjustment: depressive symptoms, personal coping skills and physical health
  2. Family Adjustment: family coping, relationship satisfaction and parent-child relationships
  3. Individual and Family Adaptation: ability of a spouse to cope with deployments, personal military preparedness and satisfaction with the AF
  4. Help Seeking/Mental Health Stigma: mental health support, effectiveness of mental health services, work barriers and peer stigma
  5. Risk Behaviors: alcohol abuse, drug abuse and maltreatment
  6. Community Wellness: social support, community safety and satisfaction, support from leadership and spiritual involvement
  7. Resilience: Dispositional Resilience and Connor Davidson Resilience Scales
"This is a critical survey that will directly impact the support that our Seymour Johnson community receives," Lambert said. "Everyone's input is crucial."

Throughout the next 10 weeks, Airmen, families and DoD civilians will be asked to share their opinions by taking the anonymous survey, to help make a better Air Force.

"Everything we do depends on our people, the living engine of our Air Force," said Michael Donley, Secretary of the Air Force. "The entire Air Force leadership team is committed to doing all we can to support our Total Force Airmen and their families. We know that through your valuable input, the state of our Air Force will remain strong, ready and capable of delivering airpower, whenever and wherever our Nation calls."