Weismuller, Grasska, Alexander, White, and Kramer
(2007) conducted a retrospective study of school administrative
student information and examined a stratified, random
sample of 240 health records from kindergarten
through fifth grades. The primary reasons for referral to
the school nurse were screenings, physical illness, and
injury. The number of interventions had no significant correlation
to absences. This might be attributable to the sample,
which had high SES, of 77% White, and had low
levels of absenteeism.