Barriers to timely and adequate antenatal care: a systematic review of socioeconomic, cultural, psychosocial, and health-system factors across high and low resource settings

The utilization of prenatal care is influenced by a multifaceted interplay of the individual, cultural, socioeconomic, and systems factors. It is important to strengthen these community-based measures, including financial and structural assistance, to enhance equitable, timely, and sufficient prenatal care across diverse settings.