“…31 It is also crucial given connections of high maternal mortality to racial inequities, low numbers of hospitals providing maternity care, and workforce shortages for health care positions, such as nursing. [31][32][33] Articles by Harmon et al, 34 Nawaz et al, 35 and Bakshi et al 36 share a primary emphasis on expanding access to health protective resources. In rural Alaska homes lacking access to piped water, installing in-home handwashing stations expanded access to clean water as a condition vital for health, the importance of which increased when basic hygiene practices, such as handwashing, were recommended to reduce the spread of COVID-19.…”