The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) outlines practices reported during jurisdictional listening sessions conducted in February and March 2021 with CDC’s Vaccine Task Force.

On May 13, 2021, the Centers for Medicare &Medicaid Services Office of Minority Health (CMS OMH) hosted a Building COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence webinar to provide information and resources tohelp partners address vaccine hesitancy in their communities.

This report, which was developed in consultation
with leading experts in social and behavioral sciences and public health, outlines evidence-informed
communication strategies in support of national COVID-19 vaccine distribution efforts across federal
agencies and their state and local partners.

“TO OVERCOME VACCINE HESITANCY, MESSAGING AND EXPERTISE MATTERS”