Other than lack of insurance, the most common barrier to obtaining prenatal care is
1. Lack of coordinated user-friendly services and inhospitable conditions.
2. Many women abuse drugs and believe their pregnancy is not important.
3. Women commonly deny they are pregnant until very late in their pregnancies.
4. Women feel that childbirth is natural and that medical intervention is not necessary.
ANS: 1
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