Health services targeted at the young are to be given £1m.
In all the Scottish Executive has a special health improvement fund - worth £26m - paid for with duty on cigarettes.
On Saturday Health Minister Susan Deacon outlined how some of that cash will be used for projects which help to bridge the gap in children's health between poor and affluent areas.
'Young people friendly'
Money will be spent in schools to raise awareness of health issues - among them, the increasing number of teenage girls who are taking up smoking.
Speaking at the Paediatric Nurse Conference in Glasgow, Ms Deacon said an information pack has been drawn up as part of the new services.
The moves follow a commitment given by the Scottish Executive to create more "young people friendly" primary care services.
Ms Deacon said: "In April of this year I attended part of the two-day Walk the Talk conference where young people and health professionals came together to share research about young people's inequality of access to health services and identify how services for Scotland's young people could be improved.
"The conference identified a clear vision of primary care services which would be more young people friendly and the establishment of a network of young people's health services.
"I said then that it was vital for young people to have access to effective support and services, and am delighted to announce today that £1m is to be awarded to local health care co-operatives to enable them to work with young people to create the type of services they need and deserve.
"The money will allow LHCCs to address child health issues in their local communities, providing local solutions to meets the needs of local young people.
"It will enable them improve the current and future health of young
people, build on the strengths of traditional Primary care, encourage
further innovation, and harness the huge potential for partnership
with the community, local authorities and other agencies.
"A resource pack is already being developed which will help support LHCCs work with young people to develop local services, and will be launched at the second Walk the Talk conference in November."
A nutrition conference hosted by Glasgow University heard earlier this week that obesity has overtaken asthma as the biggest threat to children's health in Scotland.
The conference was also told that children as young as five are defying their parents and eating too much junk food.