Method | Male youth | Female youth | Parents/guardians |
---|---|---|---|
Male condoms | • If expired can cause infections | • Oils/lubricants cause stomach pains | • Cause cancer and sores on penis |
• Lubricants cause cancer and sores on penis |  |  | |
• Worms in the packaging |  |  | |
• Cause illness |  |  | |
Oral contraceptive pills | • Cause permanent sterility | • Pills clog up and accumulate in abdomen | • Weaken sperm cells |
• Weaken the man’s libido | • Cause illness | • Pills clog up and accumulate in abdomen | |
 | • Ruin the inside of a person, harms the uterus |  | |
• Cause illness and death |  |  | |
• Stops egg production permanently |  |  | |
• Make the woman unattractive |  |  | |
• Encourage promiscuity |  |  | |
• Men think women are less satisfying sexually |  |  | |
• Cause continuous menstruation in women |  |  | |
Depo-Provera (injectable) | • Cause permanent sterility | • Cause permanent sterility | • Cause permanent sterility |
• Damage the ovaries and destroys egg cells | • Pain in the heart, arms, and legs | • Weaken the man’s libido | |
• Weaken the man’s libido | • Cause illness | • Stomach pains | |
• Prevent women from getting cancer | • Weaken the man’s libido | • Skin glows and women look healthy | |
• Cause illness |  |  | |
• Cause sperm accumulation in women’s body |  |  | |
• Women are not as ‘sweet’ sexually |  |  | |
• Women get enlarged breasts |  |  | |
Implants | • Cause permanent sterility | • Cause permanent sterility |  |
• Move around body and cause illness | • Cause birth of twins after discontinuation |  | |
• Damage nerves and blood vessels | • Damage reproductive organs |  | |
• Cause uterine cancer | • Heart and body pains |  | |
• Continuous menstruation in women | • Close the birth canal |  | |
IUDs | • Cause permanent sterility | • Cause illness |  |
• Cause birth complications |  |  | |
• Can cause death |  |  |